Gurinhatã is a municipality in the west 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 ...

. the population was 5,577 in a total area of 1,844 km². It became a municipality in 1962.

Location

Gurinhatã is located at an elevation of 543 meters. It belongs to the statistical microregion of

Ituiutaba Ituiutaba (Brazilian Portuguese: /itujuˈtabɐ/) is a municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, its population in 2020 was 105,255 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km2. Th ...

. Neighboring municipalities are Santa Vitória,

Iturama Iturama is a municipality with a total area of 1,401 km² in the center-west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was estimated at 39,690. It became a municipality on 27 December 1948. Location Iturama belongs to ...

Ipiaçu Ipiaçu is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,225 in a total area of 470 km². It became a municipality in 1962. Location Ipiaçu is located at an elevation of 437 meters just south of ...

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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 ...

: 722 km. * Flor de Minas: 42 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 fou ...

: 210 km. *

: 63 km.

Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$72,537,000. Gurinhatã is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It is in a region of good soils, adequate rainfall, and abundance of surface water. there was 1 banking agency in the town. There was a small retail commerce serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 1,014 establishments employing about 2,900 workers. 331 of the farms had tractors. There were 567 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 148,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were rice, sugarcane, soybeans, and corn. IBGE
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Health and education

In the health sector there were 08 clinics and one hospital with 27 beds. In the educational sector there were 05 primary schools and 02 middle schools. *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 ...

: 0.758 (2000) *State ranking: 230 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 1,657 out of 5,138 municipalities The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

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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.Frigoletto
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