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Guaranésia is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest 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 18,649 people living in a total area of 294 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do Paraíso

São Sebastião do Paraíso

São Sebastião do Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 61,838 people living in a total area of 822 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do...

. It became a municipality in 1901. The municipality is an important producer of coffee.

Location

The city center of Guaranésia is located at an elevation of 751 meters a short distance from the state boundary of São Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, between Guaxupé

Guaxupé

Guaxupé is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 47,894 people living in a total area of 286 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do Paraíso. It...

and Arceburgo

Arceburgo

Arceburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 8,239 people living in a total area of 162 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do Paraíso...

. Neighboring municipalities are: São Pedro da União

São Pedro da União

São Pedro da União is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...

(NE), Guaxupé

Guaxupé

(E) Mococa

Mococa

Mococa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 69,629 and the area is 856.39 km². The elevation is 645 m.-External links:*...

(S), Arceburgo

Arceburgo

(W) and Monte Santo de Minas

Monte Santo de Minas

Monte Santo de Minas is a Brazilian municipality in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population is 21,216 inhabitants, according to the 2000 census. Its area is 592.5 km² and its density is 35.8 inhabitants per square kilometer....

(NW)

Main distances

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...

: 465 km, Arceburgo

Arceburgo

: 15 km, Guaxupé

Guaxupé

: 13 km, and São Sebastião do Paraíso

São Sebastião do Paraíso

: 70 km.

Economic activities

Agriculture, with coffee production and dairy products, is the main economic activity. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$176 million, with 18 million reais from taxes, 73 million reais from services, 54 million reais from industry, and 32 million reais from agriculture. The industrial sector employed 1,655 workers in 2005, while 878 were employed in commerce, and 507 were employed in public administration.

In the rural area there were 487 producers on 17,000 hectares of land. Approximately 3,200 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are coffee, 4,520 hectares; sugarcane, 2,550 hectares; and corn, 1,100 hectares (2006). There were 15,000 head of cattle, of which 6,000 were milk cows (2006). Swine and poultry raising are also important in the local economy.

There was one bank (2007). In the vehicle fleet there were 3,666 automobiles, 321 trucks, 307 pickup trucks, 68 buses, and 1,167 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 7 health clinics and one private hospital with 55 beds (2005). Educational needs of 5,400 students were attended to by 11 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 11 pre-primary schools.

Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
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: 0.769 (2000)
State ranking: 176 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
National ranking: 1,365 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
Literacy rate: 86%
Life expectancy: 72 (average of males and females)

In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$267.00 was below the state average of R$276.00 and below the national average of R$297.00. 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...

had the highest per capita monthly income in Minas Gerais 2000 with R$435.00. The lowest in the state 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 R$73.00 a month.

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

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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