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Caeté

Minas Geraistown

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Caeté

Total population

38,776

Founded

1714

Air quality index

42Good
Elevation937 m
Land area541.09 km²
Coordinates-19.90°, -43.67°

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City facts

Founded
1714
Elevation
937 m
Area
541.09 km²
Official website
www.caete.mg.gov.br

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Caeté is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. The municipality contains a small part of the Serra do Gandarela National Park, created in 2014.

Read full article on Wikipedia

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Latitude
-19.8978
Longitude
-43.6703
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
42
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
11.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
11.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
54
NO₂ (µg/m³)
20

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
28,878
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Swallow-tailed Manakin
    Chiroxiphia caudata (Shaw, 1793) · Aves
    543
  • Black-capped Antwren
    Herpsilochmus atricapillus Pelzeln, 1868 · Aves
    527
  • Bananaquit
    Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    490
  • Yellow-olive Flycatcher
    Tolmomyias sulphurescens (Spix, 1825) · Aves
    425
  • Pale-breasted Thrush
    Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
    405
  • Purple-throated Euphonia
    Euphonia chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    384
  • Golden-crowned Warbler
    Basileuterus culicivorus (Deppe, 1830) · Aves
    384
  • Ruby-crowned Tanager
    Tachyphonus coronatus (Vieillot, 1822) · Aves
    368

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Costa e Silva Sobrinho
Costa e Silva Sobrinho
Hilário de Gouveia
Hilário de Gouveia
Brazilian ophthalmologist
S
Sebastião Teixeira
Brazilian singer
Tamires Dias
Tamires Dias
Brazilian association football player
J
João Pinheiro da Silva Filho
Brazilian politician (1902-1956)
J
Juberson dos Santos Melo
politician from Brazil
C
Cleuza Izabel Marques
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
M
Maria Fatima Braga Lucia
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
R
Rubens Moreira Filho
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.02
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,832

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
99
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Caeté

Ouro no centro de Minas Gerais
Luciano Jacques de Moraes · 1939
O que há para se ver em Caeté
Arthur Lima Junior · 1969

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Yarará Lancehead
Yarará Lancehead
Bothrops jararaca
Seen 2026-09-12
Red-legged Seriema
Red-legged Seriema
Cariama cristata
Seen 2026-09-03
White-tailed Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Geranoaetus albicaudatus
Seen 2026-09-02
Central Sipo
Central Sipo
Chironius quadricarinatus
Seen 2026-09-01
Centroctenus brevipes
Centroctenus brevipes
Centroctenus brevipes
Seen 2026-08-28
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Eupetomena macroura
Seen 2026-08-13
Goniosoma vatrax
Goniosoma vatrax
Goniosoma vatrax
Seen 2026-08-11
Common Pauraque
Common Pauraque
Nyctidromus albicollis
Seen 2026-08-09
Aglaoctenus lagotis
Aglaoctenus lagotis
Aglaoctenus lagotis
Seen 2026-07-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
3110004
UF
MG
Mesorregião
Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte
Microrregião
Belo Horizonte

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br