Betim
Sign in to saveBetim is a town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte (BH) and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. It is the fifth largest city in Minas Gerais and one of the 50 largest cities in the Southeast of Brazil.
Key facts
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- Municipality of Betim
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- Betim
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- Municipality
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- Vista parcial de Betim MG.JPG
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- Partial view of Betim
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- Location in Minas Gerais
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- Country
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- Region
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- State
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- Southeast
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- Mayor
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- Vittorio Medioli (PHS)
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- Founded
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- December 17, 1938
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 342.85
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Betim is a town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte (BH) and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. It is the fifth largest city in Minas Gerais and one of the 50 largest cities in the Southeast of Brazil.
Betim is home to several Petrobras oil refineries, as well as Fiat's largest factory, which opened in 1976. The city has an important role not only in the state's economy, but in the whole country's as well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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