Pompéu
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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 28,393 in a total area of 2,557 km². It became a municipality in 1938.
Location
Pompéu belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três MariasTrês Marias
Três Marias is a small Brazilian city in northwestern Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 26,431 in a total area of 2,763 km².-Climate:...
. The municipal seat is located at an elevation of 657 meters between the Pará River and the São Francisco River
São Francisco River
The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...
. Neighboring municipalities are Felixlândia
Felixlândia
Felixlândia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 13,618 living in a total area of 1,553 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a...
(N), Abaeté
Abaeté
Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 22,474 in a total area of 1,816 km². It became a municipality in 1870.-Location:...
(W), Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos
Martinho Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 12,165 people living in a total area of 1,060 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho...
, Papagaios
Papagaios
Papagaio is a small town in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It has approximately 15,000 inhabitants and its economy is based on exports of slate.Papagaio is 150 kilometers away from the state capital, Belo Horizonte....
, and Pitangui
Pitangui
Pitangui is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
(S), and Curvelo
Curvelo
Curvelo is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km. north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 74.409 inhabitants and the...
(E).
Distances
- Angueretá on BR-040: 44 km
- Martinho CamposMartinho CamposMartinho Campos is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 12,165 people living in a total area of 1,060 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Central Mineira and to the micro-region of Bom Despacho...
: 20 km - Belo HorizonteBelo HorizonteBelo 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...
: 181 km - BrasíliaBrasíliaBrasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
: 650 km
Connections to the north and south are made on MG-415.
Climate
The average yearly temperature is 22.1°C; the average yearly maximum is 29.2°C; and the average yearly minimum is 16,4°C.Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, alcohol production, mining of slate, furniture, clothing, and food and drink manufacture, forestry for production of charcoal, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$223 million of which 97 million came from services, 37 million from industry, and 74 million from agriculture. Pompéu is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were 02 banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 2,591 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 11 inhabitants.Working population by economic sector
- Agriculture, charcoal extraction, and fishing: 2,788
- Industry: 2,913
- Commerce and Merchandise: 1,649
- Services: 3,754
- TOTAL: 11,104
In the rural area there were 732 establishments occupying 142,000 hectares (planted area, 18,000 ha; natural pasture, 82,000 ha.; and woodland, 47,000 ha.) (2006). About 2,600 persons were employed in agriculture. 214 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in three farms. There were 88,000 head of cattle in 2006, of which 28,000 were milking cows. The main crops were sugarcane and corn. A major agricultural activity is extraction of charcoal, which is shipped by truck to be used in the industries of the 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...
region.
Health and education
In the health sector there were 15 health clinics and 01 hospital with 33 beds. In the educational sector there were 12 pre-primary schools, 21 primary schools, and 04 middle schools.- 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...
: 0.746 (2000) - State ranking: 319 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 2,006 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Literacy rate: 85%
- Life expectancy: 70 (average of males and females)
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
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 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.
History
Pompéu is the birthplace of Dona Joaquina de Pompéu (Joaquina Maria Bernarda da Silva de Abreu Castelo Branco Souto Mayor de Oliveira Campos), historical figure and matriarch of all the west of Minas Gerais. The town began with Pouso dos Buritis, a resting place for the muleteers who travelled from Montes ClarosMontes 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 Northeast of Minas Gerais.
Pompéu only became an official settlement in 1840 with the name Buriti da Estrada. In 1938 it became a city with the name of Pompéu, paying homage to its first inhabitant, Antônio Pompeu Taques.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais