Brumadinho () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
. The city belongs to the
Belo Horizonte metropolitan mesoregion and to the
microregion
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Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
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of
Belo Horizonte
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. Brumadinho is at an altitude of 880 m. In 2020 the population was 40,666. The municipality is on the
Paraopeba River.
The
Inhotim Museum of Contemporary Art, one of the most important art venues of Brazil, is in the city.
The municipality contains part of the
Serra do Rola-Moça State Park, created in 1994.
History
Brumadinho was settled in 1689. The Banda São Sebastião Musical Corporation, a symphonic band, was founded on May 13, 1929, by Tarcilio Gomes da Costa in Brumadinho. The municipality of Brumadinho itself was officially established on December 17, 1938.
On January 25, 2019, the city was the victim of a
tailings dam collapse that killed 270 people.
The disaster released a mudflow that advanced over houses in a rural area near the city.
See also
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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ...
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Brumadinho dam disaster
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Vale SA
References
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
Populated places established in 1689
1689 establishments in the Portuguese Empire
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