Contagem
Contagem is a city in the center of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
Contagem is a city in the center of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It is only 21 kilometres from the capital, Belo Horizonte, and forms part of a metropolitan area with a population of 4.8 million.
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Worth seeing in and around Contagem
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
The Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais is a private and non-profit Brazilian Catholic university in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. In 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014, PUC-MG was chosen the best private university in Brazil.
6.7 km · Brazilian catholic, private and non-profit university in Belo Horizonte · Wikipedia - 02Arena MRV
The Arena MRV is a football stadium located in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The arena belongs to the Clube Atlético Mineiro, which hosts its home games there.
4 km · stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil · Wikipedia
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Getting to Contagem
- Airports
- Tancredo Neves (CNF), 34 km
- Stations
- Carlos Prates Airport, 7.2 km · Calafate Station, 8.8 km · Cidade Industrial Station, 4.2 km · Eldorado Station, 2.7 km · Gameleira Station, 6.9 km
- Rio De Janeiro → Contagem343 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · R$340–510
- São Paulo → Contagem482 km · quickest by air, 5h 59m · R$430–670
- Rio de Janeiro → Contagem343 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · R$340–510
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Contagem
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Contagem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt also serves for the Orange minibuses as well (as known as "Suplementar") Green buses serve BHBUS bus stations, going from a BHBUS station to downtown and then back or connecting two different BHBUS stations.
From Wikivoyage: Belo Horizonte, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Contagem
Contagem is 12 km from Belo Horizonte, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.