Santa Helena de Minas
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Santa Helena de Minas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais
. As of 2007 the population was 5,892 in a total area of 277 km². The elevation is 312 meters. It became a municipality in 1997.
Santa Helena e Minas is part of the statistical microregion of Nanuque
.
This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (7,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of bananas, coffee, and corn. In 2006 there were 289 rural producers with a total area of 25,033 hectares. Cropland made up 3,600 hectares. There were only 3 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 90 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 65 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 4 public health clinics. There were no hospitals.
Municipal Human Development Index
Note that at last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities while Minas Gerais still had 853.
The above figures can be compared with those of Poços de Caldas
, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of Minas Gerais. The highest MHDI in the country (2000) was São Caetano do Sul
in the state of São Paulo
with an MHDI of .919. More up-to-date data from 2004 show that the lowest in that year was Manari in the state of Pernambuco
with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004. At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing. See Frigoletto
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 5,892 in a total area of 277 km². The elevation is 312 meters. It became a municipality in 1997.
Santa Helena e Minas is part of the statistical microregion of Nanuque
Nanuque
Nanuque is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 40,307 in a total area of 1,515 km². It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region of Vale do Mucuri and the micro-region of Nanuque...
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This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (7,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of bananas, coffee, and corn. In 2006 there were 289 rural producers with a total area of 25,033 hectares. Cropland made up 3,600 hectares. There were only 3 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006. There were 90 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 65 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 4 public health clinics. There were no hospitals.
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...
- MHDI: .594 (2000)
- State ranking: 842 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 4,771 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Life expectancy: 62
- Literacy rate: 62
- Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .693
- Per capita income (monthly): R$83.33 (For the complete list see Frigoletto)
Note that at last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities while Minas Gerais still had 853.
The above figures can be compared with those of 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...
, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of Minas Gerais. The highest MHDI in the country (2000) 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 the state 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...
with an MHDI of .919. More up-to-date data from 2004 show that the lowest in that year was 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...
with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004. At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing. See Frigoletto
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais