Jequitinhonha
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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...
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The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 23,982 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara
Almenara, Minas Gerais
Almenara is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Situated on the Jequitinhonha River it is the largest town in that river valley. Its 2007 population was estimated at 36,907 and the municipal area was 2,301 km²....
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Jequitinhonha is located on the river of the same name. The elevation is 223 meters. It became a municipality in 1911. The distance to the state capital, 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...
is 582 km.
Neighboring municipalites are: Joaíma
Joaíma
Joaíma is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 14,881 people living in a total area of 1,668 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara.Joaíma is located...
, Felisburgo
Felisburgo
Felisburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 6,687 people living in a total area of 594 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. Divisópolis is located...
, Rubim
Rubim
Rubim is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 was 9,561 inhabitants in a total area of 969 km²....
, Almenara
Almenara, Minas Gerais
Almenara is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Situated on the Jequitinhonha River it is the largest town in that river valley. Its 2007 population was estimated at 36,907 and the municipal area was 2,301 km²....
, 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....
and Sao Pedro do Jequitinhonha.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$66,471,000. There were 02 banking agencies as of 2007. In the same year there were 699 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 30 people. In the rural area there were 1,905 producers of which only 51 had tractors. There were 88,000 head of cattle in 2006.
This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
- 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...
: .668 (2000) - State ranking: 679 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 3,492 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Degree of urbanization: 70.21% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
- Illiteracy rate: 33.68% (15 years old or older) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63%
- Urban area covered by sewage system: 38.80%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
- Health centers and hospitals: 08 health centers and 01 hospital with 76 beds
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais