Espinosa is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais

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...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. As of 2007 the population was 31,322 in a total area of 1,876 km². The elevation is 572 meters.

Espinosa belongs to the IBGE 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 connected to that city by BR-122. It is a short distance south of the boundary with the state of Bahia

Bahia

Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

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The main economic activities are cattle raising, small transformation industries, and agriculture. In 2006 there were 32,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural crops were cotton, sugarcane, corn, and sorghum. In 2007 there were 2 financial institutions. The GDP (2005)was R$ 84,238,000. There was 1 hospital with 32 beds (2005). There were 1,485 automobiles in 2007, a ratio of one automobile for every 21 inhabitants.

Municipal Human Development Index

Human Development Index

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• MHDI: .657 (2000)
• State ranking: 721 out of 853 municipalities
• National ranking: 3,661 out of 5,138 municipalities
• Life expectancy: 67
• Literacy rate: 70 For the complete list see Frigoletto