Franciscopolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast 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 estimated to be 5,338 people living in a total area of 715 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of

Teófilo Otoni Teófilo Otoni is a municipality in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 140,937 in 2020 and the area is 3,242.818 km2. Origin of the name The city is named after (Vila do Príncipe, 27 January 1807 - ...

. It became a municipality in 1997. Franciscopolis is located on at an elevation of 380 meters, 70 km. east of

. The distance to the state capital,

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 ...

, is 546 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Malacachata,

Poté Poté is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 16,616 people living in a total area of 632 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri an ...

, Água Boa,

Itambacuri Itambacuri is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. its population is estimated to be 23,209. Itambacuri contains its own airport, referred to as the 'Itambacuri airport'. Notable people *Breno Coelho Breno Coelho is ...

and

. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The

GDP Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is often ...

in 2005 was R$18 million, with 9 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 7 million from agriculture. There were 612 rural producers on 50,000 hectares of land. Only 22 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 1,500 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coffee, sugarcane, beans and corn. There were 33,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 85 automobiles (122 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 66 inhabitants per automobile. There was 1 health clinic. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-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 ...

: 0.605 (2000) *State ranking: 824 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 4,580 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 63% *Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$71.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively. 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 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 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. *Percentage of population aged less than 5 years old: 11.54 (2000) *Percentage of population aged 10 to 19: 24.74 *Percentage of population aged 60 or more: 10.08 *Percentage of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

: 31.89 *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 25.30 *Infant mortality rate: N/A (in 1,000 live births)

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