Medeiros is a Brazilian municipality located in the west 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 as of 2020 was 3,832 people living in a total area of 939 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Piumhi. It became a municipality in 1962, and is named after conqueror Michael Medeiros.

Location

The city center of Medeiros is located at an elevation of 922 meters on a plateau about 54 km south of the important federal highway BR-262 (Uberaba-BeloHorizonte). Neighboring municipalities are:

Pratinha Pratinha is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 3,631 people living in a total area of 619 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaí ...

(N), Tapiraí (NE),

Bambuí Bambuí is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 23,898 people living in a total area of , for a density of . The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of ...

(E),

Piumhi Piumhi () is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 34,918 people living in a total area of 902 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and Alto Paranaíba ...

(SE),

São Roque de Minas São Roque de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 7,076 people living in a total area of 2,100 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to th ...

(S) and Tapira (W). The distance to

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 286 km.

Economic activities

Services and agriculture are the most important economic activities. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$38 million, with 1 million reais from taxes, 10 million reais from services, 1 million reais from industry, and 21 million reais from agriculture. There were 587 rural producers on 60,000 hectares of land. 106 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 1,500 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops are coffee, rice, beans, and corn. There were 25,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 465 automobiles (2007), giving a ratio of 7 inhabitants per automobile.

Health and education

In the health sector there were 2 public health clinics (2005). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Araxá, Formiga or

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from s ...

, which are connected by good roads. Educational needs of 800 students were met by 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 pre-primary 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 ...

: 0.792 (2000) *State ranking: 68 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 754 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 89% *Life expectancy: 74 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$315.00 was below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively.

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 ...

had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with R$435.00. 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 R$73.00. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

with 0.841, while the lowest was

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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