Patos de Minas is a
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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 ...
in
Brazil
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Geography
According to the modern (2017) geographic classification by Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (
IBGE
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), the city is the main municipality in the
Intermediate Geographic Region of Patos de Minas.
History
The name is derived from the ranch known as farmhouse Os Patos, owned by the original settlers, which had the name because of the large number of wild ducks found in the region. In 1826 the first settlers, Antônio da Silva Guerra and his wife, Luísa Correia de Andrade, donated lands for the new settlement, called Vila de Santo Antônio dos Patos. In 1892 Patos de Minas gained city status with the name of Patos, which was lengthened in 1944 to Patos de Minas
High standard of living
Patos de Minas occupies a privileged position in the ranking of cities in the state and country in socio-economic development. A study in
Veja magazine in 2001 placed Patos in fifth place among five thousand cities with the greatest socio-economic development between 1970 and 1996.
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Rare among Brazilian cities of this size, around 99% of all the streets of the city are paved and have public lighting and almost all of the inhabitants (97%) receive treated water. Sewage treatment reached 98% of the urban population.
City government site
*Municipal Human Development Index
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: 0.813 (2000)
*State ranking: 19 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
*National ranking: 318 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
*Literacy rate: 92%
*Life expectancy: 74 (average of males and females)
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was 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 ...
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
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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
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has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
Economy
The main sources of income are agriculture, services, light industry, and livestock raising. Dairy products, jerked beef, and pork by-products are processed in the city. In 2005 the GDP was R$1,217 billion, with 750 million generated by services, 189 million by industry, and 154 million by agriculture.[IBGE](_blank)
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Patos is known nationally for its corn production. The "Princess of the Alto Paranaíba" as it is called, has become the national capital of corn, a fact that has attracted investors from all over the country to set up industries in agro-industry, garments
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, beverages, and packaging. It is also one of the most important seed
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producing centers in the country.
Corn is so important in the life of the town that every May Patos puts on a festival, the biggest in the state, called Fenamilho, the Festa Nacional do Milho (National Corn Festival), in which there are rodeos and performances by country and western groups.
Health and Education in 2006
*Number of primary schools: 47
*Enrollment in primary schools: 21,711
*Number of middle or secondary schools: 23
*Enrollment in middle or secondary schools: 7,063
*Higher education: 3 private schools with an enrollment of 4,834 in 2005.
*Hospitals: 1 public and 3 private with 366 beds (2005)
*Health clinics: 27 public and 4 private.
Airport
Pedro Pereira dos Santos Airport, built in the early 1990s, can receive medium-sized passenger planes from the Brasília to the Fokker F-27. It is located 6.5 km. from the city. In March 2016, Flyways Airline started operating in the airport with 2 flights per week from Patos de Minas to the capital city Belo Horizonte.
See also
*List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 municipalities, which are grouped into 66 microregions, which are grouped into 12 mesoregions.
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* Major Porto, a district of Patos de Minas
References
External links
City Hall of Patos de Minas website
Government of the State of Minas Gerais website
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais
1826 establishments in Brazil