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Belo Horizonte is located about 500 kilometres (310 mi) from the sea. Even though inter-seasonal differences are not as pronounced as they are in temperate places, there is a contrast between spring and summer, and between fall and winter. The coldest month is generally July, with a lowest recorded temperature of 3.1 °C (38 °F).
Belo Horizonte is home to two of the most successful teams in the country, and the city also has one of the biggest football stadiums in the world, the Mineirão, opened in 1965. Reopened after renovations in 2013, Mineirão was chosen as one of the venues for the 2014 FIFA World Cup , and also the soccer tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics ...
It was established in 1965, and it is located in Belo Horizonte. It served as a venue in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It also hosted some matches of the football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2] The stadium has a seating capacity of 66,658 spectators. [1]
Pampulha was created as a source of drinking water for the city of Belo Horizonte, but quickly became polluted. [ 3 ] Lake Pampulha covers 2.6 square kilometres (1.0 sq mi), has a volume of 14,000,000 cubic metres (18,000,000 cu yd), and a drainage basin of 97 square kilometres (37 sq mi).
Luzia Woman (Portuguese pronunciation:) is the name for an Upper Paleolithic period skeleton of a Paleo-Indian woman who was found in a cave in Brazil.The 11,500-year-old skeleton was found in a cave in the Lapa Vermelha archeological site in Pedro Leopoldo, in the Greater Belo Horizonte region of Brazil, in 1974 by archaeologist Annette Laming-Emperaire.
The Iate Tênis Clube (English: Yacht Tennis Club) is a recreational club located on the shore of the Lake Pampulha in Belo Horizonte.Its building was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer in the early 1940s, integrating the Pampulha Architectural Complex, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 2016.
Greater Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is the name usually used to describe the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, which is composed of 34 municipalities. As of 2013, [ 1 ] it is the third largest metropolitan area of Brazil with more than Six million inhabitants; the largest city by population is Belo Horizonte .
Municipal Chamber of Belo Horizonte; S. Simca do Brasil This page was last edited on 8 August 2024, at 09:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...