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Ibiá
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Ibiá
Total population
22,229
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Ibiá is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 25,358 people living in a total area of 2,707 km2 (1,045 sq mi). The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the micro-region of Araxá. It became a municipality in 1923.
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Geography
Ibiá is located at an elevation of 895 meters, 55 km. east of Araxá just north of highway BR-262. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 324 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Serra do Salitre and Rio Paranaíba (N), Campos Altos (E), Pratinha and Medeiros (SE), Tapira (S) and Araxá (W). Ibiá is an important railroad junction and its history is tied to the railroad. The Ferrovia da Centro Atlântica, a railroad line used for cargo, passes through the town and divides into the Ibiá-Patrocínio-Brasília line and the Ibiá-Araxá-Uberaba-São Paulo line.
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
- Bellyache bush, Black physicnut, Cotton-leaf physicnut, American purging nut, Cotton-leaf jatropha, Purging nut, Red fig-nut flower, Wild cassavaJatropha gossypiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida3
- yellow-faced amazonAmazona xanthops (Spix, 1824) · Aves2
- Long-tailed MetalmarkRhetus arcius (Linnaeus, 1763) · Insecta1
- White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) · Aves1
- Toco ToucanRamphastos toco P.L.S.Müller, 1776 · Aves1
- Golden-capped ParakeetAratinga auricapillus (Kuhl, 1820) · Aves1
- White-tailed hawkButeo albicaudatus Vieillot, 1816 · Aves1
- Gray MonjitaXolmis cinereus (Vieillot, 1816) · Aves1
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
- Argenita16.4 mi away
- São Jerônimo dos Poções22.9 mi away
- Catiara23.2 mi away
- Serra do Salitre27 mi away · pop. 11,801
- Guarda dos Ferreiros28.2 mi away
- Salitre de Minas32.8 mi away
- Abaeté dos Mendes35.2 mi away
- Altolândia37.7 mi away
- Medeiros41.3 mi away · pop. 3,900
- Funchal43.5 mi away
- Santana de Patos44.5 mi away
- Santa Luzia dos Barros46 mi away
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 this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ibiá, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 3129509
- UF
- MG
- Mesorregião
- Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba
- Microrregião
- Araxá
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • 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