Norte de Minas (mesoregion)

Norte de Minas
Norte de Minas
Mesoregion
	Location in Minas Gerais
	Coordinates: 16°44′06″S43°51′43″W / 16.73500°S 43.86194°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Area
• Total	128,454.108 km2 (49,596.408 sq mi)
Population (2010/IBGE)
• Total	1,614,971
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (BRST)
Area code	+55 38

Last updated July 28, 2023

Norte de Minas (English: Northern Minas) is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is composed of 89 municipalities,^[1] distributed across 7 microregions.

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References

↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios" [GDP of the Brazilian Municipalities](PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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[ibgePib-1] "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios" [GDP of the Brazilian Municipalities](PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2010-11-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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