page_title: Três Pontas
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Três Pontas / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Português: Imagem da Embrapa da região do município de Três Pontas. A mancha cinza ao centro é a cidade, enquanto a região montanhosa abaixo e à direita da cidade é a serra de três Pontas.
context_page_description: Três Pontas is a municipality located in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It's a city with about all streets of urban zone paved and services of water and sewage to all people. The municipality has about 54 thousand inhabitants and a population density of 78,12hab/km². The road MG-167 is the only paved road that passes through the city, but the Rodovia Fernão Dias, is less than 50 km from the city centre passing through Varginha.
  The municipality don't have a rugged relief, there are only three areas in which the altitude reaches 1100m above sea level. One of them is the Serra de Três Pontas, a place known in the region for its distinctive shape and natural environment. The streams Araras and Espera are the main water courses that pass through the municipality, and they flow into the Furnas Dam. The rivers Verde and Sapucaí pass on the south boundary and flow into Furnas Dam too. The Municipality is located on the basin of the Grande River.
  The suave climate favors the growth of coffee, the main economic wealth of the city.
context_section_description: The municipality is limited to the north with Campos Gerais and Santana da Vargem, on south with the municipality of Varginha, Elói Mendes and Paraguaçu,on east with Nepomuceno e Carmo da Cachoeira and west with Campos Gerais. It's located at about 290 kilometers away from Belo Horizonte, the state's capital. According to the map of urban hierarchy produced by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Três Pontas is classified as a B zone center, that means the city has a restricted influence, only over the smaller cities around it. The city is under influence of Varginha that, on the other hand, is under influence of Belo Horizonte.
caption: The Municipality photographed by a satellite. The grey spot in the center is the urban area.[5]
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