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Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais and a host city for international esports events, including ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018 at Mineirinho. Its convention, sports and cultural infrastructure supports large public events.

Belo Horizonte
Panorama of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. · Girlfromrio891 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 ·
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Updated October 23, 2026

Market snapshot

Population

2,315,560[1]

2022 census population.

Government

Capital of Minas Gerais[2]

International esports event

ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018[3]

Eight-team Counter-Strike event hosted at Mineirinho.

Events and competition

References7
  1. [1]Belo Horizonte — Cities and States — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
  2. [2]Belo Horizonte: Destino Turístico Inteligente — Belo Horizonte City Government
  3. [3]The ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 champions have been crowned — ESL
  4. [4]ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  5. [5]ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 overview — HLTV
  6. [6]ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018 powered by Intel with USD 200,000 prize pool — ESL FACEIT Group
  7. [7]Mineirinho.jpg — Cid Costa Neto (Cidcn) / Wikimedia Commons

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