João Pinheiro, Minas Gerais
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Brazil
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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 43,229 inhabitants in a total area of 10,717 km². It is the largest municipality in the state of Minas Gerais.
João Pinheiro 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 765 meters. It became a municipality in 1911. This municipality is located on the important federal highway BR-040, which links Brasília
Brasília
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to 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...
. and 24 km. north of Ponte Fina. 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 380 km.
Neighboring municipalities are: Brasilândia de Minas
Brasilândia de Minas
Brasilândia de Minas is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 12,821 in a total area of 2,515 km².The elevation of the municipal seat is 530 meters above sea level...
(N), Buritizeiro
Buritizeiro
Buritizeiro is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 26,133 inhabitants in a total area of 7,226 km². It is a major producer of cattle and grains.-Location:...
(E), Presidente Olegário
Presidente Olegário
Presidente Olegário is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 18,256 inhabitants in a total area of 3,531 km²....
, São Gonçalo do Abaeté
São Gonçalo do Abaeté
São Gonçalo do Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 6,156 inhabitants in a total area of 2,687 km². It is a large producer of cattle and grains....
, Varjão de Minas
Varjão de Minas
Varjão de Minas is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 5,993 inhabitants in a total area of 653 km²....
(S), Lagoa Grande
Lagoa Grande, Minas Gerais
Lagoa Grande is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 8,660 inhabitants in a total area of 1,220 km²....
and Paracatu
Paracatu
Paracatu may refer to:*Paracatu, Minas Gerais, a city and a municipality in Minas Gerais state, Brazil*Paracatu River, a river near the city of Paracatu...
(W)
The climate is humid sub-tropical with rains in the summer and drought in the winter. There is little temperature oscillation between the coldest months and the hottest. The mean maximum temperature for January is 29.2°C while for July it is 27.7°C. The mean minimum temperature for January is 17.6°C, while for July it is 13.4°C. The rainiest months are January or December with between 270mm and 280 mm, while the driest months are June, July, and August with 5.2mm, 10.2mm and 7.2mm respectively. These norms are based on the period 1961 to 1990.
The main economic activities are cattle raising (266,000 head in 2006) and farming, both extensive mechanized and subsistence. There was also production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations. This charcoal is transported to the industrial region near 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...
to be used in the steel and iron industry. The GDP was R$125,236,000 (2005). There were 03 banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 1,927 farms (2006) with 578,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which 80,000 hectares were planted, 302,000 were in natural pasture, and 175,000 were in woodland or forest. Around 6,500 people were involved in the agricultural sector. There were 582 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 3.4 farms. The main crops in hectares planted were:
- cotton: 600
- rice: 3,380
- sugarcane: 8,100
- beans: 4,070
- manioc: 2,300
- soybeans: 6,500
- corn: 4,500
- coffee: 1,400
- mangoes: 300
In the health sector there were 29 health establishments, of which 21 were public. There was 01 hospital with 59 beds.
The score on the Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
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was 0.748. This ranked João Pinheiro 299 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.
João Pinheiro has a private school of higher learning (faculdade in Portuguese) called Faculdade Cidade de João Pinheiro. It has courses in physiotherapy, biomedicine, nursing, humanities, mathematics, education, geography, biology, chemistry, physical education, and business administration.
Interesting fact of Joao Pinheiro is that it's the place where is held Rural Rock festival, an underground festival created by young locals, one of them being Walkir Silveira, founder of Insetus Producoes, by now has been held 5 editions, with more than 20 bands from brazilian underground scene and in 2011 it will be held for the first time at the second semester.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais