City profile · Brazil · South America
Malacacheta
City population
17,516
#1,997
in Brazil
#208
in Minas Gerais
#28,101
worldwide
-17.842, -42.077 · 664 km from Brasília
About Malacacheta
Malacacheta is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil with a population of 17,516. It is the 1,997th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 28,101st largest worldwide. It lies 664 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#208of 239
Elevation
683 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-17.842, -42.077
Record updated
2025-06-23
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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