In an exclusive MySide yearbook, in which data was collected from the Mortality Monitoring Panel of the Health and Environmental Surveillance Secretariat (SVSA) and the IBGE Census to provide a reliable analysis of the cities that stand out in terms of safety, Araxá stood out in the Minas Gerais State as the safest city among municipalities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants. And, in a broader scope, the highlight also remains, with a classification in the Top 10 nationally, being the ninth city in the ranking.
And this gains even more importance, since between the months of March and April 2025, the city will once again become the world capital of mountain biking, hosting three major events in sequence: the opening of the Copa Internacional de MTB, between March 28th and 30th, and two first stages of the next season of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Short Track (XCC) and Olympic Cross Country (XCO) modalities, on the 3rd to 6th April (first stage) and April 10th to 13th (second stage).
Christ Park in Araxá (Crédit: Araxá City Hall)
The rate recorded in Araxá is 3.6 homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants. This gives the municipality great prominence in the state of Minas Gerais, just ahead of Varginha and Muriaé, with rates of 5.7 and 7.6, respectively, on the list of safest cities. In fact, Minas Gerais ranks fifth among the safest states in Brazil – with a rate of 19.9 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants.
According to the yearbook created by MySide, a company specializing in technology and services in the real estate sector: “The main indicator used to classify cities was the number of murders per 100,000 inhabitants. This indicator is widely recognized as a solid and universal measure of public safety. International organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), use this rate in their reports, considering it essential for regional and temporal comparisons. This indicator allows the absolute number of homicides to be adjusted according to the size of the population, facilitating comparative analyzes and the formulation of effective public policies”.
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2025 CiMTB and Brazilian rounds in the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series:
– CiMTB #1 – 28 to 30 March, in Araxá (MG)
– World Cup #1 – 3 to 6 April, in Araxá (MG)
– World Cup #2 – 10 to 13 April, in Araxá (MG)
– CiMTB #2 – 6 to 8 June, in Poços de Caldas (MG)
– CiMTB #3 – 1 to 3 August, in Nova Lima (MG)
– CiMTB #4 – 26 to 28 September, in Congonhas (MG)
The history of CiMTB
The CiMTB organization held its first race in 1996. Since then, it has been innovating and actively contributing to the growth and strengthening of mountain biking and the bicycle market in Brazil. Counting points for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) world ranking since 2004, CiMTB has been selective for the Olympic Games in the Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 cycles.
In 2022, CiMTB further increased its international relevance, with the opening stage of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz Mountain Bike World Cup, in Petrópolis, and in 2024 it organized the Araxá stage of the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series. Furthermore, he was responsible for building the mountain bike track for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, considered one of the best in the history of the Games since 1996, the first year of MTB at the Olympics.
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