Itabira

Itabira
Municipality
Municipality of Itabira
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Cidade do Ferro ("City of Iron")[1][2] Cidade da Poesia ("City of Poetry")[3] Capital Nacional da Poesia ("National Capital of Poetry")[4] Capital Estadual do Tropeirismo ("State Capital of Tropeirismo")[5] Ita City
Location in Minas Gerais
Itabira Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 19°37′08″S 43°13′37″W / 19.61889°S 43.22694°W / -19.61889; -43.22694
Country	Brazil
State	Minas Gerais
Region	Southeast
Intermediate Region	Belo Horizonte
Immediate Region	Itabira
Government
• Mayor	Marco Antônio Lage (PSB)
Area
• Total	1,253.704 km2 (484.058 sq mi)
Elevation	795 m (2,608 ft)
Population  (2020 est.)[6]
• Total	120,904
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym	itabirano
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2010)	0.756 – high[7]
Website	itabira.mg.gov.br

Itabira is a Brazilian municipality and a major city in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area mesoregion and to the Itabira microregion.

It is currently the twenty-fourth largest city in the state in terms of population, with 120,904 inhabitants, according to a 2020 IBGE survey. It is known as the "Capital of Poetry", by virtue of being the birthplace of poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, is part of the Circuit of the Gold and of Estrada Real.