Paraopeba 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 as of 2020 was 24,700 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the meso-region of

Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Metro ( pt, Metrô de Belo Horizonte) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The system has one line which serves 19 stations. The Metro carried 54.4 million passenger ...

and to the micro-region of

Sete Lagoas Sete Lagoas (meaning 'Seven Lagoons' in Portuguese) is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The municipal area is 537;km² while the population was 241,835 in 2020. Location Sete Lagoas is situated about 70 kilometres from Belo Horizon ...

. It became a municipality in 1911.

Location

The city center of Paraopeba is located at an elevation of on the important federal highway BR-040 north of Sete Lagoas. Neighboring municipalities are:

Curvelo Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated popu ...

(N),

Cordisburgo Cordisburgo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. It is the birthplace of the writer João Guimarães Rosa. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the ...

(NE),

Araçaí Araçaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 2,354 people living in a total area of 185 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to th ...

, (E),

(SE),

Caetanópolis Caetanópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 11,749 people living in a total area of 156 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and ...

and Inhaúma (S), Papagaios (W). Distances *

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 ...

: 100 km south on BR-040 *

: 26 km south on BR-040 *

: 24 km northeast on MG-231

Economic activities

Services, agriculture, and small industries are the main economic activities. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$172 million, with 18 million reais from taxes, 98 million reais from services, 35 million reais from industry, and 20 million reais from agriculture. There were 518 rural producers on 150,000 hectares of land (2006). Approximately 2,200 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are citrus fruits, sugarcane, rice, beans, and corn. There were 32,000 head of cattle, of which 8,000 were milk cows (2006). Only 108 of the rural properties had tractors in 2006. Of the working force there were 1,316 workers in 113 small industries, 1,166 workers in 434 retail units, and 628 workers in public administration (2006). There were 2 banks (2007). In the vehicle fleet there were 2,807 automobiles, 362 trucks, 359 pickup trucks, 42 buses, and 929 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 10 health establishments, which included 5 public health clinics, and 4 private clinics (2005). There was 1 private hospital with 29 beds. Educational needs of 5,600 students were met by 13 primary schools, 3 middle schools, and 7 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 ...

: 0.767 (2000) *State ranking: 184 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 1,410 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 90% *Life expectancy: 70 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$216.00 was below the state average of R$276.00 and below the national average of R$297.00.

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.

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