Itaobim is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 21,029 inhabitants in a total area of 680 km².IBGE 2020
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Pedra Azul Pedra Azul ( Portuguese for "blue stone") is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the northeast of the state, in the Jequitinhonha River valley region. The population in 2020 was 24,329 in a total area of 1,61 ...

statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 180 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. This municipality is located on the important BR-116 highway, 43 km. south of Medina. It is on the left bank of the Jequitinhonha River. The climate is hot and humid with an annual average temperature of 24.4°C. According to data from (INMET), since September 2007 the lowest temperature recorded in Itaobim was on May 20, 2022 and the highest reached in October 2020, on the 8th and 10th, surpassing on January 2, 2016. Neighboring municipalities are: Medina, Jequitinhonha, Ponto dos Volantes and

Itinga Itinga is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. the population was 15,022 in a total area of 1,641 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Araçuaí. The ...

. 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 604 kilometers. The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$93,447,000 (2005). There were 1 banking agency in 2006. In the rural area there were 948 farms with around 2,500 people involved in the agricultural sector. There was a planted area of around 3,000 hectares. The main cash crop was mangoes with 200 hectares planted. There were 13 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 73 farms. In the health sector there were 14 health clinics and 1 hospital with 61 beds. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index was 0.689. This ranked the city 592 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with

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 ...

in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568. Se
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for the complete list. *Degree of urbanization: 75.58 *Illiteracy rate: 26.73 *Infant mortality rate: 25.46 *Percentage of urban houses connected to the sewage system: 2.70

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Statistics from IBGESocial indicators
{{Municipalities of Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais

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