Catas Altas

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Catas Altas

Total population

5,473

Air quality index

28Good

Elevation745 m

Land area240.22 km²

Coordinates-20.07°, -43.41°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Catas Altas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira. As of 2020, the estimated population was 5,421.

Geography

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

Air quality

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Minas Gerais

• Brumal
  6.8 mi away
• Barra Feliz
  8.4 mi away
• Florália
  10.5 mi away
• Penedia
  22.2 mi away
• Conceição de Piracicaba
  23.7 mi away
• Roças Novas
  26.1 mi away
• Bela Vista de Minas
  26.4 mi away · pop. 10,167
• Raposos
  26.8 mi away · pop. 16,279
• Barra Longa
  27.7 mi away · pop. 5,666
• Vargem Linda
  32 mi away
• Rio Doce
  35.1 mi away · pop. 2,484
• Ouro Branco
  36 mi away · pop. 38,724

Browse all places in Minas Gerais →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Catas Altas

Recollecting Edvard August Vainio

Re-collecting Vainio (1997 Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil) · 1998

A verdade sobre o caluniado Barão de Catas Altas e a Mina do Gongo Soco

Darcy Duarte de Figueiredo · 1987

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cassius Blue

Leptotes cassius

Seen 2026-06-22

Gray-capped Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias griseocapilla

Seen 2026-06-12

Black-fronted Titi

Callicebus nigrifrons

Seen 2026-06-11

Brazilian Ruby

Heliodoxa rubricauda

Seen 2026-06-11

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Seen 2026-06-10

Magpie Tanager

Cissopis leverianus

Seen 2026-06-10

Gilt-edged Tanager

Tangara cyanoventris

Seen 2026-06-10

Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

Seen 2026-06-10

Leafless Ghostplant

Voyria aphylla

Seen 2026-05-21

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

Official Identifiers