Coronel Fabriciano is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of the Vale do Rio Doce and microregion of Ipatinga and is situated 200 km from the capital. The municipal population was estimated in 2012 by IBGE in 104,637 inhabitants, thus the 27th most populous in the Minas Gerais state. The area is 221.049 km² (13.1549 km² of urban area).