Frei Gaspar 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 estimated to be 6,343 people living in a total area of 628 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1962.

Frei Gaspar is located on at an elevation of 440 meters, 28 km. southeast of Teófilo Otoni

Teófilo Otoni

Téofilo Otoni is a city in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 126,895 in 2007 and the area is 3,253.4 km².-Origin of the name:...

. 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 546 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Teófilo Otoni

Teófilo Otoni

Téofilo Otoni is a city in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 126,895 in 2007 and the area is 3,253.4 km².-Origin of the name:...

, Ouro Verde de Minas

Ouro Verde de Minas

Ouro Verde de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was estimated to be 6,832 people living in a total area of 174 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the micro-region of Teófilo Otoni. ...

, Ataléia

Ataléia

Ataléia This municipality is virtual located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was estimated to be 15,078 people living in a total area of 1,838.384 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of Teófilo Otoni. It became a...

, São José do Divino

São José do Divino, Minas Gerais

São José do Divino, Minas Gerais is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...

, Pescador

Pescador

Pescador is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...

, Campanário

Campanário

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 and Itambacuri

Itambacuri

Itambacuri is a Brazilian city located in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 23,424. Itambacuri contains its own airport, referred to as the 'Itambacuri airport'.-References:...

.

The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$20 million, with 11 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 7 million from agriculture. There were 368 rural producers on 30,000 hectares of land. Only 32 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 900 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coffee, sugarcane, beans and corn. There were 37,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 112 automobiles (177 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 56 inhabitants per automobile.

There were 3 health clinic. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 7 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school.

• 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...
  
  : 0.621 (2000)
• State ranking: 804 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
• National ranking: 4,283 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
• Literacy rate: 65%
• Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females)

In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$84.00 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

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

See also

• List of municipalities in Minas Gerais