What is the population of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais?

Divinópolis has a population of approximately 231,091 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Divinópolis, Minas Gerais located?

Divinópolis is located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, at approximate coordinates -20.1598°, -44.8739°.

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Divinópolis

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Divinópolis

Total population

231,091

Founded

1767

Elevation747 m

Land area708.91 km²

Coordinates-20.16°, -44.87°

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City facts

Founded

1767

Elevation

747 m

Area

708.91 km²

Official website

www.divinopolis.mg.gov.br

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2025 was 243,583 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from state capital Belo Horizonte. Divinópolis is the seat of the Regional Administration of the Upper São Francisco River.

History & geography

History

Divinópolis was founded in 1767 by 50 families who lived in the lands near the Itapecerica and Pará rivers. The first settlement took root near the waterfalls on the Itapecerica and was called Paragem da Itapecerica in reference to the river. In 1770 it became Espírito Santo da Itapecerica and was a district of Tamanduá. In 1912 it became a city with the name Divinópolis (City of the Holy Spirit) in homage to the older name of Espírito Santo. The arrival of the Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (a narrow gauge railroad) in 1890 offered the city opportunities for the installation of industries of iron and steel, providing a reasonable standard of living, as well as a high level of social development.

Geography

The city centre of Divinópolis is at an elevation of 712 meters approximately 120 km southwest of Belo Horizonte. Neighbouring municipalities are Nova Serrana (N), São Gonçalo do Pará and Carmo do Cajuru (E), Cláudio and São Sebastião do Oeste (S), Santo Antônio do Monte and Perdigão (W). Divinópolis is the seat of a diocese that covers 25 municipalities and over 600,000 people. According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the city is the main municipality in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Divinópolis. Divinópolis is a statistical micro-region including 11 municipalities: Carmo do Cajuru, Cláudio, Conceição do Pará, Divinópolis, Igaratinga, Itaúna, Nova Serrana, Perdigão, Santo Antônio do Monte, São Gonçalo do Pará, and São Sebastião do Oeste. In 2000, the population was 379,122 inhabitants living in an area of 5,105.50 km2. * Bom Despacho: 102 km (north on BR-494 then west on BR-262) * Uberaba: 423 km (north on BR-494 then west on BR-262) * Formiga: 76 km southwest on MG-050

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Geography

Latitude

-20.1598

Longitude

-44.8739

Water area

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

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Notable people from here

Fabrício Souza

Brazilian footballer and manager

Lélis Lara

Brazilian priest (1925–2016)

Adélia Prado

Brazilian writer and poet

Michele Daldegan

Brazilian volleyball player

Emerson Aparecido Vivas Vergílio

Brazilian footballer and manager

Luiz Antônio de Oliveira

Antônio Rinaldo Valério

Brazilian politician

Geraldo da Costa Pereira

Brazilian lawyer

Helvécio Ratton

Brazilian film director

Ricardo Nunes

Brazilian businessman

Ubaldo Miranda

Brazilian association football player

Alberto Rodrigues

Brazilian journalist

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

Nearby places in Minas Gerais

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

5.17

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,887

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

262

Avg daily Wikipedia views

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Divinópolis

História e memória do Centro-Oeste mineiro

Brazil) Seminário História e Memória do Centro-Oeste Mineiro (2nd 2008 Divinópolis · 2009

Educação, cultura e organizações sociais

Alexandre Simões · 2009

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Recent natural events nearby

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Recently spotted species

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Leucaena leucocephala

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

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

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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code: 3122306
UF: MG
Mesorregião: Oeste de Minas
Microrregião: Divinópolis

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• 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