Coqueiral is a municipality in the south of the Brazilian 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 ...

. In 2010 the population was 9,289 in a total area of 297 km².IBGE 2020
/ref> The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 844 meters. It became a municipality in 1948.

Location

Coqueiral belongs to the IBGE statistical microregion of

Varginha Varginha is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Varginha stands out as one of the major centers of commerce and coffee production in Brazil and the world. The city is a center for export of coffee drai ...

. It is located north of

and

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, west of

Lavras Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,783 inhabitants (2020). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and t ...

, and northeast of

Alfenas Alfenas is a municipality in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was 80,494 and the area of the municipality is 849 km2. The elevation is 888m. It is served by highways MG 179, BR 491 and BR 36 ...

. The regional center of

is 57 km. away.

Economy

The main economic activities are milk production, coffee growing (7,200 hectares in 2006), and the cultivation of beans, corn, and sugarcane. In 2006 there were 808 rural producers with total agricultural area of 22,649 hectares. More than 2,000 persons worked in agriculture. In the town itself there was one financial institution. In the health sector there were 6 public clinics and 1 private clinic. There were no hospitals, the closest hospital being in

, 31 km. away. In the educational sector there were 13 primary schools and 1 middle school.

Municipal
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*MHDI: .751 *State ranking: 272 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 1,842 out of 5,138 municipalities *Life expectancy: 72 years at birth *Literacy rate: 87% (Se
Frigoletto
for the complete list)

References

City government site
little information and for the most part incomplete
IBGE
Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

Location

Economy

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See also

References

Municipal
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