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Itabira is a Brazilian municipality and a major city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area mesoregion and to the Itabira microregion.

Itabira
Municipality
View of Itabira
Location in Minas Gerais state
Itabira
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°37′08″S 43°13′37″W
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateMinas Gerais
Area
  Total1,253,704 km2 (484,058 sq mi)
Elevation
795 m (2,608 ft)
Population
 (2020 est.[1])
  Total120,904
  Density0.096/km2 (0.25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Websitewww.itabira.mg.gov.br
Banded Iron Formation or itabirite, polished slab  from the Paleoproterozoic-aged Minas Supergroup in the Iron Quadrangle District. The red bands are hematite, and the silver bands are magnetite. These are quarried, sawn, polished and sold as decorative stones.
Banded Iron Formation or "itabirite", polished slab from the Paleoproterozoic-aged Minas Supergroup in the Iron Quadrangle District. The red bands are hematite, and the silver bands are magnetite. These are quarried, sawn, polished and sold as decorative stones.

It is currently the twenty-fourth largest city in the state in terms of population, with 120,904 inhabitants, according to a 2020 IBGE survey. It is known as the "Capital of Poetry", by virtue of being the birthplace of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, is part of the Circuit of the Gold and of Estrada Real.


History


The first settlements at the site date to the early eighteenth century, when the village of Itabira do Mato Dentro was founded by bandeirantes seeking gold. Itabira was politically emancipated as a municipality on 9 October 1848, through Provincial Law No. 374.


Geography


It is located in southeast Minas Gerais, 110 kilometers away from the state capital, Belo Horizonte and 845 kilometers away from the federal capital Brasília. The highest point in the city is 1,672 meters above sea level, and is known as Alto da Mutuca. Itabira is an access point for a number of smaller cities, such as Jaboticatubas, Santa Maria de Itabira, Itambé do Mato Dentro and Nova Era. The closest international airport is Tancredo Neves International Airport (Confins) in Belo Horizonte.

Itabira is a regional economic center, and hosts a thriving iron ore extraction operation headed by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce since 1942, when the company was created by President Getúlio Vargas specifically for the mineral exploration of the Rio Doce valley. As of 2017, it is the second largest mining company in the world, and a considerable part of its iron ore output comes from the mines at Itabira.[citation needed] As a result of the decades-old extraction operations, the city faces air pollution problems. [citation needed]


Culture


In Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poem "Confidência do Itabirano," the speaker remarks:[2]

"Tive ouro, tive gado, tive fazendas.

Hoje sou funcionário público.

Itabira é apenas uma fotografia na parede.

Mas como dói!"

"I had gold, I had cattle, I had farms.

Today I'm a public servant.

Itabira is just a photograph on the wall.

But oh, how it hurts!"


Notable people from Itabira



Sister cities - twin towns


Itabira has a one sister city:

Itajubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil[3]


See also



References




На других языках


- [en] Itabira

[ru] Итабира

Итаби́ра (порт. Itabira) — город и муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Минас-Жерайс. Составная часть мезорегиона Агломерация Белу-Оризонти. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Итабира. Население составляет 107 721 человек на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 1 256,496 км², из них



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