Fruta de Leite is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian 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...

. As of 2007 the population was 6,327 in a total area of 758 km². The elevation is 910 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39558-000.

Fruta de Leite is part of the statistical microregion of Salinas

Salinas, Minas Gerais

Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 37,370 inhabitants in a total area of 1,897 km².-Important facts and Distances:...

. It lies just north of the important federal highway BR-251, which links Montes Claros

Montes Claros

Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The estimated population in 2010 was 412,284 inhabitants and the total area of the municipality was 3,470 km²...

 to the Rio-Bahia (BR-116).

Due to isolation and poor soils this is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (31,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of coffee, oranges, mangoes, corn, sugarcane, and bananas. In 2006 there were 989 rural producers and a total agricultural area of 17,919 hectares. Cropland made up 1,700 hectares. There were only 2 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 85 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 75 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 3 public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 9 primary schools and 1 middle school. There were no hospitals.

Municipal Human Development Index

Human Development Index

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• MHDI: .586 (2000)
• State ranking: 845 out of 853 municipalities
• National ranking: 4,897 out of 5,138 municipalities
• Life expectancy: 67
• Literacy rate: 55
• Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .736
• Per capita income (monthly): R$55.76 For the complete list see Frigoletto