Estrela do Sul 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 8,018 people living in a total area of 820 km
2. The city belongs to the
mesoregion of
Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the
microregion
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Austria
*Microregion (Tyrol)
Brazil
* Microregion (Brazil)
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
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of
Patrocínio. It became a municipality in 1856.
Location
The municipality is located in the region of the Alto Paranaíba, on the edge of the
Emborcação Reservoir, which dams up the
Paranaíba River
The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of t ...
. The elevation of the town center is 713 meters. Highway connections are made by MG-223, which connects south to BR-365. Neighboring municipalities are:
Grupiara and
Cascalho Rico
Cascalho Rico is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 3,092 living in a total area of 368 km2. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaí ...
(N);
Araguari
Araguari is a municipality in western Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is in the northern Triângulo Mineiro region, on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation between . The municipality of Araguari has an area of , ...
(E);
Indianópolis
Indianópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 6,951 living in a total area of 834 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Parana ...
and
Nova Ponte
Nova Ponte is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 15,800 people living in a total area of 1,105 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineir ...
(S);
Iraí
Iraí is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Gr ...
and
Monte Carmelo (W).
Distances
*
Monte Carmelo: 28 km
*
Coromandel
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*Coromandel Coast, India
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*Coromandel, KGF, Karnataka, India
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*Coromandel, New Zealand, a town on the Coromandel Peninsula
*Coro ...
: 77 km
*
Araguari
Araguari is a municipality in western Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is in the northern Triângulo Mineiro region, on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation between . The municipality of Araguari has an area of , ...
: 65 km
*
Uberlândia
Uberlândia () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest municipality in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the fo ...
: 90 km
*
Belo Horizonte: 514 km
History
Settled in 1772 by the
bandeirante
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João Leite da Silva Ortiz, on one of his expeditions into
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...
, Estrela do Sul, is considered one of the most preserved historical cities in Minas Gerais. Here was found one of the largest diamonds in the world, the Estrela do Sul; here is buried Dona Beija, the famous lady of Imperial Brazil. This is the only city in the
Triângulo Mineiro
The Triângulo Mineiro (, '' Mineiro Triangle'') is the region that comprises the west part of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil.
It occupies an area of 93,500 km2 (slightly larger than Portugal or Hungary) and is bordered to the east by Serr ...
which still preserves houses from the colonial period of Brazi. The city became known after 1984 when the Rosa brothers, a teacher, a film-maker, and a journalist, brought it into the national limelight as a historical site. In 1997, Pedro Divio Rosa wrote “Dona Beija”, which traces the history of the historical character.
Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$63 million, with 23 million generated by services, 03 million generated by industry, and 35 million generated by agriculture. Estrela do Sul is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. there was one banking agency in the town. There was a modest retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 726 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 10 inhabitants.
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Estrela do Sul has a small municipal area and therefore little available land for agriculture. In the rural area there were 492 establishments (2006) occupying 103,000 hectares (planted area—10,000 ha, natural pasture—33,000 ha., and woodland—55,000 ha.). About 1,600 persons were dependent on agriculture. 117 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in 04 farms. There were 55,000 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were coffee (2,200 ha.), corn (4,500 ha.), rice, and soybeans (4,000 ha.).
Health and education
In the health sector there were 05 health clinics and 01 hospital with 12 beds. In the educational sector there were 10 pre-primary schools, 10 primary schools, and 01 middle school.
*Municipal
Human Development Index
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: 0.746 (2000)
*State ranking: 314 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 1,985 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Literacy rate: 86%
*Life expectancy: 73 (average of males and females)
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*Infant mortality rate: 16.26 in 1,000 live births (1998)
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The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha
Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 12,378 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Teófilo ...
with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul 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 States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...
has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
References
See also
* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 municipalities, which are grouped into 66 microregions, which are grouped into 12 mesoregions.
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais