Santana da Vargem is a municipality in the south of the Brazilian 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...

. In 2007 the population was 7,092 in a total area of 173 km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 804 meters. Santana da Vargem became a municipality in 1962

Neighboring municipalities are Três Pontas

Três Pontas

Três Pontas is a city and municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population in 2007 was 51,121 inhabitants in a total area of 689 km²....

, Campos Gerais

Campos Gerais

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, Boa Esperança

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, and Coqueiral

Coqueiral

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. Santana da Vargem is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Varginha

Varginha

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. It is 15 km north of Três Pontas

Três Pontas

Três Pontas is a city and municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population in 2007 was 51,121 inhabitants in a total area of 689 km²....

 and 41 km. north of Varginha

Varginha

Varginha is a city and municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population is approximately 120,000 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 396.39 km²...

. Lavras

Lavras

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 is 65 km. to the east.
The distance to Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte

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 is 261 km. and the distance to Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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 is 440 km. The main highways serving the city are BR-381
and BR-265.

The main economic activities are agriculture, especially the growing of coffee, and production of milk and cheese. In 2006 there were 411 rural properties with agricultural land area of 13,153. The main crops were coffee, with 9,000 ha. planted, corn, with 1,200 ha, and various fruits like oranges, bananas, and passion fruit. There was one financial institution.

In the health sector there were 4 public health clinics. There were 6 primary schools and 1 middle school.

Municipal Human Development Index

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• MHDI: .749
• State ranking: 292 out of 853 municipalities
• National ranking: 1,909 out of 5,138 municipalities
• Life expectancy: 70 years at birth
• Literacy rate: 85% (See Frigoletto for the complete list)