🇧🇷 Ipatinga is a municipality in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The city was founded in 1964. It is part of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area.
Ipatinga is at the site where the Piracicaba River flows into the Doce River. Located 217 km far from the state capital of Belo Horizonte, it is served by highway and railroad connections (Vitória-Minas Railway). There is also a medium-sized airport, Vale do Aço Regional Airport, in the area of the neighboring city Santana do Paraíso, that serves the Steel Valley and can receive small and medium-sized planes, including jets like the Boeing 737 and the Fokker 100.
1Geography According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the city is the main municipality in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga.
Despite the steel complex's presence, Ipatinga has 127 m2 of green area per inhabitant, one of the highest averages in the country. Ipanema Park, Ipatinga's main park, has about one million square meters of green space with 12 thousand trees planted, one of the largest in the country.
1Economy: Industry It is the most important city of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area and it is the headquarters of one of the largest steel making complexes in Brazil, Usina Siderúrgica de Minas Gerais – Usiminas.
1Sport Ipatinga Futebol Clube, the city's main football club won the state championship in 2005 and reached the Copa do Brasil semi-finals in 2006. In 2007, it placed 2nd on the National Championship's Série B, climbing to the first division. Ipatinga Futebol Clube holds its home at Estádio Municipal João Lamego Netto popularly known as Ipatingão. The stadium was founded on 23 November 1981, and it is considered the fourth largest soccer stadium of the state of Minas Gerais.
1Statistics • Climate: Tropical wet and dry (or savanna) climate (Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Aw) • Average annual temperature: 23 °C • Latitude South 19°28'46" • Longitude West: 42°31'18"
Distances from major cities: • Belo Horizonte: 217 km • Rio de Janeiro: 661 km • São Paulo: 808 km • Campinas: 830 km • Vitória: 401 km • Brasília: 935 km • Salvador: 1140 km.
1Ipatinga has a population of over 267,333 people. Ipatinga also forms the centre of the wider Vale do Aço Region which has a population of over 451,351 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Ipatinga has links with:
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu, Japan 🇺🇸 Marlborough, USA, since 2009🇧🇷 Coronel Fabriciano -19.517
🇧🇷 Pedro Leopoldo -19.617
🇲🇬 Antanifotsy -19.661
🇲🇺 Port Mathurin -19.683
🇧🇷 Casimiro de Abreu -42.2
🇧🇷 São Pedro da Aldeia -42.1
🇧🇷 Governador Valadares -41.933
🇧🇷 Rio das Ostras -41.92
🇧🇷 Nova Friburgo -42.534
🇧🇷 Rio Bonito -42.617
🇧🇷 Coronel Fabriciano -42.617
🇧🇷 Cataguases -42.683
🇧🇷 Guapimirim -42.8
Locations Near: Ipatinga -42.5333,-19.5
🇧🇷 Coronel Fabriciano -42.617,-19.517 d: 8.9
🇧🇷 Timóteo -42.633,-19.567 d: 12.8
🇧🇷 Itabira -43.229,-19.637 d: 74.4
🇧🇷 Governador Valadares -41.933,-18.85 d: 95.9
🇧🇷 Ponte Nova -42.909,-20.416 d: 109.1
🇧🇷 Conceição do Mato Dentro -43.417,-19.033 d: 106.3
🇧🇷 Ouro Preto -43.5,-20.383 d: 140.9
🇧🇷 Sabará -43.8,-19.883 d: 139.3
🇧🇷 Santa Luzia -43.85,-19.767 d: 141.1
Antipodal to: Ipatinga 137.467,19.5
🇲🇵 Saipan 145.753,15.189 d: 19013.7
🇬🇺 Hagåtña 144.746,13.467 d: 18989.6
🇬🇺 Tamuning 144.767,13.483 d: 18989.1
🇬🇺 Dededo 144.836,13.515 d: 18985.9
🇯🇵 Uruma 127.85,26.367 d: 18769.8
🇯🇵 Ginowan 127.78,26.279 d: 18769.8
🇯🇵 Itoman 127.65,26.117 d: 18769.4
🇯🇵 Naha 127.702,26.199 d: 18768.5
🇯🇵 Tomigusuku 127.667,26.15 d: 18768.7