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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 7,458 and the area was 230.
The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. The elevation is 865. It became a municipality in 1993. It is located on the boundary with the state of Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
and is connected by dirt road to Divisópolis
Divisópolis
Divisópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 7,852 people living in a total area of 566 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. Divisópolis is...
. To the north there are road connections with Encruzilhada
Encruzilhada
Encruzilhada is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.-References:...
in the state of Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
. Neighboring municipalities are: Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
, Divisópolis
Divisópolis
Divisópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 7,852 people living in a total area of 566 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. Divisópolis is...
and Bandeira
Bandeira, Minas Gerais
Bandeira is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was estimated to be 5,337 people living in a total area of 484 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara....
.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$19,450,000 in 2005. The main cash crop was coffee with 550 hectares planted in 2006. There were 73 automobiles in 2007. One banking agency was listed for the same year. In the rural zone there were 202 producers with a total planted area of 900 hectares. Most of the land was in natural pasture or woodland. Only 07 of the farms had tractors in 2006. There was one public health center.
- Municipal Human Development IndexHuman Development IndexThe 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...
: .604 (2000) - State ranking: 826 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 4,593 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Degree of urbanization: 80.30
- Illiteracy rate: 38.22 (population older than 15)
- Percentage of urban homes connected to sewage system: 73.60%
- Infant mortality rate: 33.06
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais