See also: List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions of Minas Gerais. The Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 509 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in 2017.[1] It comprises 6 municipalities: