Comercinho
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For Comercinho in the state of Bahia
see Comercinho, Bahia.
Comercinho is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazil
ian state of Minas Gerais
. Its population in 2007 was 8,720 inhabitants in a total area of 657 km².
Comercinho belongs to the Pedra Azul
statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 614 meters. It became a municipality in 1942. This municipality is located to the southeast of Salinas
on a dirt road that connects Santa Cruz de Salinas
to Itinga
. The closest population center with a hospital and banking facilities is Medina
, a distance of about 36 km.
Neighboring municipalities are: Medina
, Salinas
, Santa Cruz de Salinas
, Rubelita
, and Itinga
,
The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$27,441,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 1,175 farms with around 3,100 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 22 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 50 farms. The main crops were bananas, coffee, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 3 health clinics. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index
was 0.603. This ranked Comercinho 830 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas
in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha
in last place with 0.568. See Frigoletto for the complete list.
References
See also
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...
see Comercinho, Bahia.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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 8,720 inhabitants in a total area of 657 km².
Comercinho belongs to the Pedra Azul
Pedra Azul
Pedra Azul is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the northeast of the state, in the Jequitinhonha River valley region. The population in 2007 was 24,851 in a total area of 1,619 km²....
statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 614 meters. It became a municipality in 1942. This municipality is located to the southeast of Salinas
Salinas, Minas Gerais
Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 37,370 inhabitants in a total area of 1,897 km².-Important facts and Distances:...
on a dirt road that connects Santa Cruz de Salinas
Santa Cruz de Salinas
Santa Cruz de Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 5,192 inhabitants in a total area of 587 km²....
to Itinga
Itinga
Itinga is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 14,587 in a total area of 1,641 km²....
. The closest population center with a hospital and banking facilities is Medina
Medina, Minas Gerais
Medina is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 20,667 inhabitants in a total area of 1,440 km²....
, a distance of about 36 km.
Neighboring municipalities are: Medina
Medina, Minas Gerais
Medina is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 20,667 inhabitants in a total area of 1,440 km²....
, Salinas
Salinas, Minas Gerais
Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 37,370 inhabitants in a total area of 1,897 km².-Important facts and Distances:...
, Santa Cruz de Salinas
Santa Cruz de Salinas
Santa Cruz de Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 5,192 inhabitants in a total area of 587 km²....
, Rubelita
Rubelita
Rubelita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 8,299 inhabitants in a total area of 1,109 km²....
, and Itinga
Itinga
Itinga is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 14,587 in a total area of 1,641 km²....
,
The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$27,441,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 1,175 farms with around 3,100 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 22 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 50 farms. The main crops were bananas, coffee, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 3 health clinics. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
The 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...
was 0.603. This ranked Comercinho 830 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. See Frigoletto for the complete list.
References
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais