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1 OVERVIEWThe first of Brazil’s plann
OVERVIEWThe first of Brazil’s planned cities, Belo Horizonte is the capital areas that does not lie on the Atlantic coast. Belo Horizonte, area in Brazil and its fourth largest economy. Modeled after the grid, wheel, and spoke design of Washington, D.C., Belo POPULATION 28 percent of the population in Brazil’s second largest state. It ranks between Atlanta and Miami in population size. The residents live in the central city. Nine (9) percent of its far surpassed its original planned size. The increase of mining Twenty-seven (27) percent of its residents are children, 7 who make up 15 percent of the population age 25 and older. A relatively large percentage of Belo Horizonte’s residents are percent of metropolitan Belo Horizonte’s residents were born Similarly, its foreign-born population share ranks 110.2 percent of residents born abroad. Top origin countries are (10 percent). Belo Hor

2 izonte ranks third highest, however, for
izonte ranks third highest, however, for 1980s, with large numbers settling in Boston, New York, and ECONOMY In employment and GDP, Belo Horizonte ranks third and fourth its long- and short-term GDP growth. The metropolitan area accounts for nearly half of Minas Gerais’ state GDP.In 2012, Belo Horizonte’s GDP per capita was $17,239, short-term GDP per capita growth rate of 0.3 percent is slightly The service sector drives the Belo Horizonte economy. construction. Based on 2012 Gross Value Added (GVA), the percent of its economy compared to 4 percent nationally. The technology, and multiple automotive manufacturing firms. The billion in exports. Approximately one-third of all Belo sent to the United States. A majority of exports are extraction based, including ores (41 percent), precious stones (11 Vehicles and parts are also a large source of exports (15 Belo Horizonte metropolitan area profil