Original: The city is between Ipatinga and TimÃ teo, that base the largest and more modern siderurgic industries of Minas Gerais: Usiminas and Arcelor Mittal TimÃ teo, respectively. Coronel Fabriciano, those cities and several others, are in the Metropolitan Area of Vale do AÃ o, where Fabriciano is the second largest city, and has the third GDP.
Simplified: But in 1964, with the political emancipation of Ipatinga and TimÃ teo, Coronel Fabriciano longer hosts them.