Catuti
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Catuti is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais
. As of 2007 the population was 5,303 in a total area of 286 km². The elevation is 518 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39526-000.
Catuti is part of the statistical microregion of Janaúba
. It is surrounded by the following municipalities:
It is connected by poor roads to the regional center of Janaúba to the south.
Inadequate rainfall, isolation, and poor soils make this one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (8,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of rice, beans, corn, and sorghum. In 2006 there were 772 rural producers with a total area of 27,461 hectares. Cropland made up 4,100 hectares and natural pasture 13,344 hectares. There were only 36 tractors a ratio of one for every 200 farms. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 94 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 55 inhabitants. The Gross Domestic Product was R$ 3,110,000 (2005) and the GDP per capita was R$13,690 a year. Health care was provided by 3 public health clinics. There were no hospitals.
Municipal Human Development Index
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. As of 2007 the population was 5,303 in a total area of 286 km². The elevation is 518 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39526-000.
Catuti is part of the statistical microregion of Janaúba
Janaúba
Janaúba is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 65,387 in a total area of 2,189 km2. The elevation is 692 meters above sea level.-Location:...
. It is surrounded by the following municipalities:
- South and West: Pai PedroPai PedroPai Pedro is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 5,979 in a total area of 785 km². The elevation is 520 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code is 39517-000....
- East:, Mato VerdeMato VerdeMato Verde is a city and municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It was founded in 1953. The population was 12,664 as of 2007 and the area was 664 km². The elevation of the city is 541 metres. The postal code is 39527-000.Mato Verde is part of the...
- North: Monte AzulMonte AzulMonte Azul is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population in 2007 was 23,477 in an area of 992 km². The elevation is 582 meters. It became a municipality in 1878. The postal code is 39500-000....
It is connected by poor roads to the regional center of Janaúba to the south.
Inadequate rainfall, isolation, and poor soils make this one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (8,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of rice, beans, corn, and sorghum. In 2006 there were 772 rural producers with a total area of 27,461 hectares. Cropland made up 4,100 hectares and natural pasture 13,344 hectares. There were only 36 tractors a ratio of one for every 200 farms. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 94 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 55 inhabitants. The Gross Domestic Product was R$ 3,110,000 (2005) and the GDP per capita was R$13,690 a year. Health care was provided by 3 public health clinics. There were no hospitals.
Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
- MHDI: .605 (2000)
- State ranking: 822 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 4,569 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Life expectancy: 65
- Literacy rate: 62.5
- Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio: .760
- Per capita income (monthly): R$66.72 (For the complete list see Frigoletto)