Uberlândia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ubɛʁˈlɐ̃dʒiɐ]) is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.

The city sits within the Brazilian cerrado and has eight protected zones of tropical savanna vegetation.

Uberlândia is about 580 km away from São Paulo, connected by a modern and safe double trace highway (BR-050).

In 2007 the population of these cities' agglomeration was 818,395 inhabitants in a total area of 18,864.20 square kilometres (7,283.51 sq mi).

According to the 2010 census its citizens are members of the Roman Catholic Church (54.73%), while Evangelical Christians comprise the second largest religious affiliation in the city (25.23%).