Santa Luzia
Brazil · Americas
About Santa Luzia
Santa Luzia is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2025 was 230,382.
The first European settlement was established in the modern-day town in 1692 by explorers looking for gold. Santa Luzia became a village in 1847 and received its modern name in 1924.
A church, now known as the Igreja Matriz de Santa Luzia, was established in what would become Santa Luzia around 1721, which was gradually expanded through the rest of the 18th century. Several other churches were established in the city in the 1800s.
In 2023, the GDP per capita of Santa Luzia was around R$30,155.
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