Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Welcome to Ipatinga!!! (Purely FYI)

In Brazil, we are located in the southeast...see red states

Minas Gerais



This is a blown up Map of Minas Gerais, where we are located again, in the red. **Edited to add, you'll have to click on the picture to see the whole thing and the actual city Ipatinga highlighted in red**



So to answer the question I get asked most often...we are not close to the ocean. Though there is a very nice lake that we like to go to that I will blog about soon...

Also we are not close to Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero, or the Amazon. (Please see map above) We are probably a good 8-9 hours in either direction from Sao Paulo or Rio. And I have no clue about the Amazon.

For quite some time, I have been meaning to introduce to you where I live. First here are the wiki stats:
Ipatinga is a city and municipality located in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The city was founded in 1962 and covers a total area of 166.5 km² (or 64.29 sq.mi.). Its population is 240,338 (IBGE 2001). It is part of the Vale do Aço Metropolitan Area (population 430,700).

Ipatinga is located at the site where the Piracicaba River flows into the Doce River, 217 km. (or 135 miles) from the state capital of Belo Horizonte. It is served by highway and railroad connections (Minas-Vitória). There is also a medium sized airport, Usiminas Airport [1] in the area of the neighbor city Santana do Paraíso, that serves the Steel Valley and can receive small and medium sized planes, including jets like the Boeing 737 and the Fokker 100.

Elevation: 220 mts. (or 721 ft.)
Climate: Tropical sub-hot and sub-dry
Average annual temperature: 23º C (or 73.4ºF)



Here is a video put out by Ipatinga's Tourism Board. You can see Ipatinga from an Aerial perspective. (It is only slightly less interesting than those movies they made you watch in biology of microorganisms.)



I am in process of trying to upload pictures that I have taken from where I actually am, to give you a glimpse of the neighborhood. However, I don't know if it is blogger or my Internet connection that doesn't want to play. But I promise they will be up soon!

10 comments:

Samantha said...

Fun to see! My brother-in-law is from Sao Paolo, so I was about to ask if you were near there. :)

Lisa said...

Very cool! Good to hear from you again. The temperature there sounds nice; I like low 70's.

Are you picking up the language better? And how is that sweet husband doing?

Lisa Q

Bia said...

Good to hear from you! :)

If you go a little bit up, you could visit Salvador in Bahia. I'm sure you would love! Too bad I'm not there until jun next year to meet you! :)
Are you learning portuguese already?

beijos

Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? said...

Thanks for sharing the homeland!!

Fabiola said...

I've been wondering what you have been up to.

How is your Portuguese coming along??

Love,

Fabiola

LadyFi said...

You're a long long way from the Amazon! I once stayed in Minas Gerais, up in the hills in a hidden valley with a school and church and little village run by the anthroposophs.

Vanessa Rogers said...

funny video! Glad to see where you live!

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