Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte (lit. "Bonnie Horizon", This is the local pronunciation. Elsewhaur in Brazil it is pronoonced , (, or ) is the caipital o an mucklest ceety in the state o Minas Gerais, locatit in the sootheastren region o Brazil. It is the third-lairgest metropolitan aurie in the kintra. Belo Horizonte (or "Beagá", as it is an aa familiarly kent frae the soond o its initials "BH" in Portuguese) haes a population o ower 2.4 million, or amaist 5.4 million in the offeecial Metropolitan Aurie.

The region wis first settled in the early 18t century, but the ceety as it is kent the day wis planned an constructit in the 1890s, in order tae replace Ouro Preto as the caipital o Minas Gerais. The ceety features a mixture o contemporary an classical buildings, an hosts several modern Brazilian architectural icons, maist notably the Pampulha Complex. In plannin the ceety, Aarão Reis an Francisco Bicalho sought inspiration in the urban plannin o Washington, D.C. The ceety haes employed notable programs in urban revitalization an fuid security, for which it haes been awardit internaitional accolades.

The ceety is biggit on several hills an is completely surroondit bi muntains.About Belo Horizonte  There are several lairge pairks in the immediate surroondins o Belo Horizonte. The "Parque das Mangabeiras", locatit sax kilometres sooth-east frae the ceety centre in the hills o the Serra do Curral, affords a view ower the ceety. It hase an aurie o 2.35 km2 (580 acres), o which 0.9 km2 (220 acres) is native forest. The "Mata do Jambeiro" nature reserve extends ower 912 hectares (2,250 acres), wi vegetation typical o the Atlantic forest. Mair nor ane hunder species o bird inhabit the reserve, as well as ten different species o mammals.

History
Belo Horizonte's earliest dounsets stem frae a ferm, Currall d'el Rey, which wis biggit in 1701 bi guldletaren João Leite da Silva Ortiz. A veelage wi the surroondin agricultural landscape eventually grew up aroond Currall d'el Rey. The veelage got progressively importance as stopower for migrants heidin tae the soothren pairts o the kintra. In the late 1800s leukit for a new caipital for the state, an decidit in 1893 tae the place whaur Currall d'el Rey law. Next, put in motion the process o biggin Brazil's first planned ceety, which wis kent as Cidade de Minas. The ceety wis inauguratit, if somewha lame, on the 12 Dizember 1897. The name wis chyngit tae Belo Horizonte in 1906.

Internaitional relations
Sister ceeties
Belo Horizonte's sister ceeties are:
 Luanda, Angolae (1968)
 Zahlé, Lebanon (1974)
 Granada, Spain (1975)
 Porto, Portugal (1986)
 Minsk, Belaroushie (1987)
 Havana, Cuba (1995)
 Nanjing, Cheenae (1996)
 Kolkata, Indie (1999)
 Bethlehem, Palestine (2001) Homs, Sirie (2001)
 Masaya, Nicaragua (2002)
 Tripoli, Libie (2003)
 Fort Lauderdale, Unitit States (2003)
 Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2004)
 Cuenca, Ecuador (2004)
 Newark, New Jersey, Unitit States (2006)
 İzmir, Turkey (2009)
 Incheon, Sooth Korea (2011)

Pairtner ceeties
Belo Horizonte haes the follaein pairtner ceeties:
 Milan, Italy
 Turin, Italy
 Grimsby, Ingland

References


Category:Municipalities in Minas Gerais
Category:State caipitals in Brazil
Category:Populatit places established in 1701
Category:Planned ceeties in Brazil