Arapuá is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
. Its population was 2,835 people living in a total area of 172 km². The city belongs to the
mesoregion of
Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the
microregion of
Patos de Minas. It became a municipality in 1962.
Location
Arapuá is located at an elevation of 637 meters southeast of
Patos de Minas. It is between the
Paranaíba River and the Abaeté River. Neighboring municipalities are:
Carmo do Paranaíba
Carmo do Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 30,334 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and ...
(N),
Tiros (E),
Matutina
Matutina is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 3,741 people living in a total area of 260 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Para ...
and
Rio Paranaíba
Rio Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 12,335 people living in a total area of 1,353 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Par ...
(S), and
Carmo do Paranaíba
Carmo do Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 30,334 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and ...
(W).
Distances
*
Carmo do Paranaíba
Carmo do Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 30,334 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and ...
: 30 km
*
Patos de Minas: 84 km
*
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
: 339 km
Connections to the north and south are made by reaching federal highway BR-354, a distance of 10 kilometers to the southwest. A dirt road links Arapuá to
Quintinos in the north.
Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$23 million, of which 8 million came from services, 5 million came from industry, and 9 million came from agriculture. Arapuá is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 395 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 08 inhabitants.
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In the rural area there were 373 establishments occupying 13,000 hectares (planted area, 1,000 ha and natural pasture 11,000 ha.) (2006). About 750 persons were employed in agriculture. 39 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in ten farms. There were 10,000 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were coffee, rice and corn.
Health and education
In the health sector there were 02 health clinics and 01 hospital with 12 beds. In the educational sector there was 01 primary school.
*Municipal
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, whi ...
: 0.775 (2000)
*State ranking: 135 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 1,170 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Literacy rate: 87%
*Life expectancy: 73 (average of males and females)
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was
Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas is a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2020 was 168,641 inhabitants. The city is known for its hot springs.
History
Poços was founded in 1 ...
with 0.841, while the lowest was
Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was
São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the ci ...
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 () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...
has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
Frigoletto
References
See also
* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
1962 establishments in Minas Gerais
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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