The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitan of Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Ouro Preto.

The municipality contains 10% of the 31,270 hectares (77,300 acres) Serra do Gandarela National Park, created in 2014.

[2] During the 19th century, there was a high influx of immigration to Itabirito, caused both by gold mining and the construction of the railroad.

Satellite image of Itabirito (Google Earth) http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Itabirito&sll=-19.147763,-41.726074&sspn=1.849915,2.570801&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11&om=1 [data missing] José Theodoro Alves Júnior (1923–1930) Alberto Woods Soares (1930–1936) Antônio Marques Costa (1936–1942) José Raimundo Soares Silva (1943–1946) José Raimundo Soares Silva (1948–1950) Flávio Alves Ferreira Bastos (1951–1954) Gastão Melillo (1953–1966) José Galo (1955–1958) Antônio Gomes Batista (1959–1962) Celso Matos Silva (1967) Celso Matos Silva (1970) José Bastos Bittencourt (1973–1976) Waldir Salvador de Oliveira (1971) Gastão Melillo (1972) Celso Matos Silva (1977–1982) Celso Matos Silva (1982) Gastão Melillo (1983–1988) Waldir Silva Salvador de Oliveira Júnior (1989–1992) Geraldo Mendanha de Almeida (1993–1996) Manoel da Mota Neto (1997–2000) Manoel da Mota Neto (2001–2004) Waldir Silva Salvador de Oliveira Júnior (2005–2008) Alex Salvador de Oliveira (2009) Manoel da Mota Neto (2010–2012) Alex Salvador de Oliveira (2013–2016) Alex Salvador de Oliveira (2017–2019)

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