Colégio Loyola (Belo Horizonte) is a Jesuit secondary school located in Brazil in Belo Horizonte. It was founded in 1943. Belo Horizonte is the capital of Minas Gerais state, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country. Belo Horizonte has a population of almost 2.4 million and over 5.3 million in the official metropolitan area. Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum.