Belo Monte

Belo Monte
View of Belo Monte
Location of Belo Monte in Alagoas
Belo Monte
Belo Monte
Coordinates: 9°49′40″S 37°16′48″W / 9.82778°S 37.28000°W / -9.82778; -37.28000
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Alagoas
Founded24 April 1958[2]
Government
 • MayorDalmo Augusto de Almeida Júnior (MDB) (2025-2028)[3][4]
 • Vice MayorAntonio Jeremias Feitosa (MDB) (2025-2028)[3][4]
Area
 • Total
322.887 km2 (124.667 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
5,936[1]
 • Density17.77/km2 (46.0/sq mi)
DemonymBelo-montense (Brazilian Portuguese)[1]
Time zoneUTC-03:00 (Brasília Time)
Postal code
57435-000[5]
HDI (2010)0.517 – low[1]
Websitebelomonte.al.gov.br

Belo Monte is a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 6,710 (2020)[6] and its area is 334 km².[7]

The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Belo Monte". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. ^ "História & Fotos". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Eleições 2024: Dalminho (MDB) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Belo Monte-AL". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Prefeito de Belo Monte (AL) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ^ "CEP Belo Monte/AL - Brasil". codigo-postal.org (in Brazilian Portuguese). codigo-postal.org. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ^ IBGE 2020
  7. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 1 November 2016