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Contagem
Minas Geraiscity
Contagem
Total population
621,863
Founded
1716
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Contagem is a city in the center of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It is only 21 kilometres from the capital, Belo Horizonte, and forms part of a metropolitan area with a population of 4.8 million.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
The city belongs to the metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte, has a territorial extension of , and borders the municipalities of Ribeirão das Neves, Esmeraldas, Betim, Ibirité and Belo Horizonte. The elevation of the city hall is .
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves3,412
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves3,040
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves2,443
- Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves2,428
- Ruddy Ground-DoveColumbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) · Aves2,259
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves2,081
- Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves2,066
- white-eyed conureAratinga leucophthalma (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves1,990
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Minas Gerais
- Parque Duval de Barros4.9 mi away
- Parque Riachuelo8.7 mi away
- Justinópolis9.1 mi away
- Sarzedo9.3 mi away · pop. 36,844
- Mário Campos11.6 mi away · pop. 15,900
- Vera Cruz de Minas15 mi away
- Igarapé17.8 mi away · pop. 45,847
- Raposos18.6 mi away · pop. 16,279
- Penedia28.7 mi away
- Córrego do Barro29.3 mi away
- Itatiaiuçu29.5 mi away · pop. 12,966
- São José da Varginha33.9 mi away · pop. 4,536
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Contagem
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3118601
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte
- Microrregião
- Belo Horizonte
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • 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