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Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian 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 in 2007 was 6,577 inhabitants in a total area of 2,066 km². It is a large producer of cattle and grains, especially soybeans.
Guarda-Mor belongs to the Paracatu
Paracatu, Minas Gerais
Paracatu is a town in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil having 79,739 inhabitants . Its area is of 8.232 km²...
statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 616 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. This municipality is located to the southwest of Paracatu on paved MG-188. The distance is 70 km. The distance to the 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 551 km.
The climate is humid sub-tropical. The average annual temperature is 22.6 C; the average annual maximum is 29.1 C; and the average annual minimum is 17,3 C. The average annual rainfall is 1438.7 mm, with rains falling between October and April. There are several rivers and streams: Rio Verde, Rio Claro, Rio Arrenegado, Rio Januário, Ribeirão Correio, Ribeirão Samambaia, Ribeirão São José, and Ribeirão Pilões.
Neighboring municipalities are: Paracatu
Paracatu, Minas Gerais
Paracatu is a town in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil having 79,739 inhabitants . Its area is of 8.232 km²...
, Cormomandel, Vazante
Vazante
Vazante is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 19,300 inhabitants in a total area of 1,903 km². It is a large producer of cattle and there is mining of zinc.-Location:...
, and Catalão
Catalão
Catalão is a small city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.-Demographics:*Population density: 17.85 inhab/km²...
in the state of Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
.
The main economic activities are cattle raising (73,200 head in 2006) and farming. The GDP was R$109,762,000 (2005). There was 01 banking agency in 2006. In the rural area there were 758 farms with around 2,900 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 547 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 1.5 farms. The main crops were coffee, garlic, peas, beans (1,900 ha.), soybeans (38,000 ha.), and corn (4,950 ha.). In the health sector there were 4 health clinics and 01 hospital with 15 beds.
The score on the 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...
was 0.744. This ranked Guarda-Mor 335 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with 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...
in first place with 0.841 and 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...
in last place with 0.568.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais