Betim Explained

Official Name:Municipality of Betim
Betim
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:Southeast
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Vittorio Medioli (PHS)
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:December 17, 1938
Area Total Km2:342.85
Area Total Sq Mi:133.6
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:444,784
Population Density Km2:1176.6
Population Density Sq Mi:3047.4
Population Demonym:Betinense
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-19.9678°N -44.1978°W
Elevation M:830
Area Code:(+55) 31
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:32500-000
Blank Name:HDI (2010)
Blank Info:0.749 – high[2]

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 a Petrobras's oil refineries, as well as Fiat's largest factory, which opened in 1976.[3] The city has an important role not only in the state's economy, but in the whole country's as well.

Geography

Betim is located on the southwest of Belo Horizonte IGR, with Rio Paraopeba flowing through its south. Its average elevation is 830 meters above the sea level.[4]

Climate

Betim has Humid Subtropical Climate (Cwa). It sees the most rainfall in December, with 268.5 mm of average precipitation; and the least rainfall in July, with 5.5 mm of average precipitation.

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/betim/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Web site: Archived copy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf . July 8, 2014 . August 1, 2013 . United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  3. News: Morre ex-governador de Minas Gerais Rondon Pacheco . . 2016-07-04 . 2016-07-25.
  4. Web site: Betim topographic map, elevation, terrain . 2023-04-27 . Topographic maps . en.