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Felixlândia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast 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...

. Its population as of 2007 was 13,618 living in a total area of 1,553 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion

Mesoregion (Brazil)

Mesoregions are subdivisions of Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics for statistical purposes and do not, therefore, constitute an administrative area....

of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion

Microregion (Brazil)

Microregions are legally defined administrative areas in Brazil consisting of groups of municipalities bordering urban areas. Microregions are grouped together into mesoregions....

of Curvelo

Curvelo

Curvelo is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km. north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 74.409 inhabitants and the...

. It became a municipality in 1948.

Felixlândis is located at an elevation of 608 metres on highway BR-040 (Rio-Brasília) between Tres Marias

Três Marias

Três Marias is a small Brazilian city in northwestern Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 26,431 in a total area of 2,763 km².-Climate:...

and Sete Lagoas

Sete Lagoas

Sete Lagoas is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The municipal area is 537 km² while the population was 217,506 in 2007.-Location:...

. It forms a boundary on the west with the Tres Marias Reservoir. The nearest major population centre is Curvelo

Curvelo

. The name of the municipality is a tribute to Father Felix Ferreira da Rocha, who donated land for the construction of a chapel for Nossa Senhora da Piedade, the patron saint of the town. An annual festival is given in her honor every August.

The distance to Curvelo

Curvelo

is 45 km; and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

, is 196 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Curvelo

Curvelo

, Pompéu

Pompéu

Pompéu is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 28,393 in a total area of 2,557 km². It became a municipality in 1938.-Location:...

, Morro da Garça

Morro da Garça

Morro da Garça is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 2,887 living in a total area of 414 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a...

, Morada Nova de Minas

Morada Nova de Minas

Morada Nova de Minas is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 8,297 in a total area of 2,085 km². It became a municipality in 1943.-Location:...

, Corinto

Corinto

Corinto may refer to any of the following:Brazil*Corinto, Minas GeraisColombia*Corinto, CaucaEl Salvador*Corinto, MorazánNicaragua*Corinto, Nicaragua...

, and Três Marias

Três Marias

Três Marias is a small Brazilian city in northwestern Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 26,431 in a total area of 2,763 km².-Climate:...

.

The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations is also important. The GDP in 2005 was R$70 million, with 38 million from services, 9 million from industry, and 19 million from agriculture. There were 691 rural producers on 105,000 hectares of land. Only 116 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 2,200 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were rice, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. There were 53,000 head of cattle (2006). There was 1 bank (2007) and 1,049 automobiles (542 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 13 inhabitants per automobile.
There were 7 health clinics and 1 hosptial with 20 beds in 2005. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Belo Horizonte or Curvelo. Educational needs were met by 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 8 pre-primary schools.

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...

: 0.730 (2000)
State ranking: 424 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
National ranking: 2,436 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
Literacy rate: 84%
Life expectancy: 70 (average of males and females)

In 2000 the per capita income of R$150.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...

with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha

Setubinha

Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 10,834 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Teófilo Otoni...

with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul

São Caetano do Sul

São Caetano do Sul is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area. It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil and it also has the highest Human Development Index .-Geography:São Caetano do Sul is located on a plateau that is part of the...

in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco

Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

has the lowest rating in the country--0,467--putting it in last place.

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