Belo Vale is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located 82 km south of Belo Horizonte, the state capital. The population was 7,719 inhabitants in 2020.

Belo Vale
Municipality
The Municipality of Belo Vale'
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Belo Vale Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 20°24′28″S 44°01′26″W / 20.40778°S 44.02389°W / -20.40778; -44.02389
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Minas Gerais
Founded	1938
Incorporated (as city)	December 17, 1938
Government
• Mayor	José Lapa dos Santos (PMDB)
Area
• Municipality	365 km2 (127.7 sq mi)
• Urban	5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	797 m (2,615 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Municipality	7,719
• Density	211/km2 (550/sq mi)
•	Belovalense
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code	35473-000
HDI (2000)	0.733 – high
Website	Belo Vale, Minas Gerais

In 2014, a story about the village of Noiva do Cordeiro, situated within Belo Vale, was published by tabloids around the world. Among other things, these reports said that the population of Noiva do Cordeiro was entirely made up of single women, but this has been dismissed as a hoax by BBC Brazil.^[2]