Belo Monte
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{{Short description|Municipality in Alagoas, Brazil}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Belo Monte
| settlement_type = Municipality of Alagoas, Brazil
| image_skyline = Belo Monte - Alagoas.jpg
| image_alt = View of Belo Monte
| image_caption = View of Belo Monte
| image_flag = File:Belo monte.jpg
| flag_alt = Flag of Belo Monte
| image_shield = File:Coat of arms of Belo Monte.jpg
| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Belo Monte
| image_map = Belo Monte.png
| map_alt = Location of Belo Monte in Alagoas
| map_caption = Location of Belo Monte in Alagoas
| pushpin_map = Brazil#South America
| pushpin_relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|9|49|40|S|37|16|48|W|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Northeast
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Alagoas}}
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 24 April 1958{{cite web |title=História & Fotos |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/al/belo-monte/historico |website=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística |access-date=18 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}
| leader_title1 = Mayor
| leader_name1 = Dalmo Augusto de Almeida Júnior (MDB) (2025-2028){{cite web |title=Eleições 2024: Dalminho (MDB) | Candidato(a) a prefeito(a) de Belo Monte-AL |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2024/al/prefeito/dalminho-20001981110.shtml |website=Folha de S.Paulo |publisher=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=18 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |date=30 November 2024}}{{cite web |title=Prefeito de Belo Monte (AL) toma posse nesta quarta (1º); veja lista de vereadores eleitos |url=https://g1.globo.com/al/alagoas/eleicoes/2024/noticia/2024/12/31/prefeito-de-belo-monte-al-toma-posse-nesta-quarta-1o-veja-lista-de-vereadores-eleitos.ghtml |website=G1 |publisher=Globo |access-date=18 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese |date=31 December 2024}}
| leader_title2 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name2 = Antonio Jeremias Feitosa (MDB) (2025-2028)
| area_total_km2 = 322.887
| elevation_m = 30
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = 17.77
| population_demonym = Belo-montense (Brazilian Portuguese)
| timezone = Brasília Time
| utc_offset = -03:00
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 57435-000{{cite web |title=CEP Belo Monte/AL - Brasil |url=https://codigo-postal.org/pt-br/brasil/al/belo-monte/ |website=codigo-postal.org |publisher=codigo-postal.org |access-date=18 January 2025 |language=Brazilian Portuguese}}
| blank_name = HDI (2010)
| website = [https://www.belomonte.al.gov.br/ belomonte.al.gov.br]
}}
{{for|the dam and hydroelectric power project|Belo Monte Dam}}
Belo Monte is a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 6,710 (2020)[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/al/belo-monte/panorama IBGE 2020] and its area is 334 km².IBGE - {{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109005631/http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php |archivedate=2007-01-09 }}
The municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.{{citation|language=pt
|last=Mattos|first=Marluza|title=Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga|year=2006|publisher=Ministério do Meio Ambiente
|url=http://www.mma.gov.br/informma/item/3274-ministerio-cria-corredor-ecologico-da-caatinga|accessdate=2016-11-01}}