Indaiabira is a municipality in the northeast 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 7,339 in a total area of 1,008 km².IBGE 2020
/ref> The elevation is 857 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. Indaiabira is part of the statistical microregion of Salinas. It is surrounded by the following municipalities: Rio Pardo de Minas,

Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Location Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo has a total area of 494 km². The elevation is 800 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. It is p ...

São João do Paraíso São João do Paraíso is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was estimated to be 23,709 in a total area of 1,921 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microre ...

, and

Taiobeiras Taiobeiras is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. As of 2020 the population was 34,397 in an area of 1,194 km2. The elevation of the municipal seat is 821 meters. It became a municipality in 1953. The posta ...

. It is connected by poor roads to the regional center of Salinas to the south. This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming with modest production of sugarcane, bananas, coffee, and rice. In 2006 there were 1,222 rural producers with a total area of 37,230 hectares. Cropland made up 4,000 hectares. There were only 45 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions . There were 101 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 70 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 6 public health clinics. There were no hospitals. 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 ...

*MHDI: .571 (2000) *State ranking: 851 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 5,094 out of 5,138 municipalities *Life expectancy: 60 *Literacy rate: 60 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .700 *Per capita income (monthly): R$74.02 (''For the complete list see'
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''Note that at last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities while Minas Gerais still had 853''. The above figures can be compared with those of

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 ...

, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country 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 the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was 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 ...

with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country . At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities. Se
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

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