Ipatinga, MG – Cidade para passear, morar e investir.

MINING - Cities and places to visit, live, and invest in Minas Gerais The NAECO Channel presents the municipality of Ipatinga in the mesoregion of the Rio Doce Valley. It features filmed streets, roads, and access highways, panoramic drone flights, narrated historical details, and a map illustrating geographic landmarks, population, and economic resources. How to get there: Access to the city of Ipatinga is via BR 381 between the cities of Coronel Fabriciano and Naque, or via BR 458 from BR 116. Ipatinga is 215 km from the capital Belo Horizonte. History of the city: Until 1755, the sertões of the Rio Doce were a prohibited area for exploration to prevent the smuggling of gold and precious stones from the mining regions of Diamantina and Mariana. When the region was liberated, explorers were threatened by the Borun natives, who were nearly extinct by troops sent by the Portuguese Crown. The Crown intervened, prohibiting the execution of natives and sending Commander Guido Marlière to the region to pacify the surviving natives and allow peaceful coexistence between them and the settlers. Beginning in 1830, several settlers settled in the backlands of the Rio Doce region on the banks of the Piracicaba and Doce rivers, cultivating crops, raising livestock, and attracting families to work on farms in the region that belonged to the municipality of Antônio Dias. In 1922, the Nossa Senhora Station was inaugurated, forming the village of Horto de Nossa Senhora, attracting families and merchants. The pharmacist Raimundo Alves de Carvalho established his pharmacy, becoming an important figure in the development of the region's settlements. In 1948, Coronel Fabriciano split from Antônio Dias, incorporating the regions where timber extraction to fuel the furnaces of the Belgo Mineira steel mill in João Monlevade boosted commerce in the new municipality, where the ACESITA Company was also being built, beginning in 1944. The district of Ipatinga was created in 1953, when it was still dedicated solely to agricultural and livestock activities, belonging to the municipality of Coronel Fabriciano. Ipatinga in the Tupi language means "land of clean waters." In 1956, a Japanese commission visited the district of Ipatinga to inspect the site chosen for the USIMINAS project, in which they participated as partners. The project's confirmation began to attract many residents to the region who lacked housing, leading USIMINAS to build several neighborhoods to accommodate its employees. Horto was the first to be built in 1958, initially named Vila Operária. USIMINAS began operations in 1962, sparking numerous crises due to housing shortages and humiliation caused by searches at the company's entrances. These crises led to a strike in 1963 when six thousand workers stopped at the company's entrance, where 19 soldiers in the back of a truck opened fire on the workers on the day known as the "Ipatinga Massacre." In addition to the crises at USIMINAS and the military takeover of the Brazilian government, the district of Ipatinga separated from the municipality of Coronel Fabriciano on April 28, 1964, to become a municipality. Population, area, altitude, river, and neighboring municipalities: Today, August 2025, the municipality of Ipatinga has a population of approximately 235,311 inhabitants, with a land area of ​​164.884 km², at an altitude of 220 m. Located in the Rio Doce mesoregion, it is bathed by the Rio Doce, Piracicaba, and their tributaries that belong to the Rio Doce basin. The municipalities bordering the municipality of Ipatinga are: Caratinga, Timóteo, Coronel Fabriciano, Mesquita, and Santana do Paraiso. Economy: The basis of the economy of the municipality of Ipatinga is the steel industry, metallurgy, and service provision. The privatization of USIMINAS in the early 1990s, separating it from public administration, created the Municipal Master Plan, intensifying investments to improve the quality of life for its employees and, consequently, for the city, such as leisure, education, and cultural facilities, and free dental care for all employees' families, in addition to the right to share in the company's profits. The city is very well structured and beautiful, and of course, USIMINAS bears a large share of the responsibility for these adjectives, as it is a civic-minded, sustainable, and profitable company. Suggested video link:    • Cidades de Minas Gerais por Mapas e Regiões   #Ipatinga #valeDoRioDoce #CidadeDeMinasGerais #naeco Become a member of the NAECO channel:    / @naeco   Music: Livre (Humberto Furtado) Contact: (31) 9 9899-9279 (WhatsApp) Email: [email protected]