Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Ibirité is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, in the Southeast Region of the country. It is located in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte and covers an area of about 72 km², of which 23 km² is within the urban perimeter. Its population was estimated at 170,537 inhabitants in 2022, making it the 14th most populous municipality in the state.
The municipal seat, at an altitude of 882 metres, is located at the geographic coordinates 20º 01'15" south latitude and 40º 03'52" west longitude.
The municipality is crossed by the Paraopeba Line of the former Central Railway of Brazil, currently concessioned to MRS Logística for freight transport.
Until April 2017 the city had a single postal code (CEP) for the entire municipality; from then on, each street in the city has its own individual CEP, which, according to the postal service (Correios), was done to make the delivery of mail in the city easier and faster.
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