Salto da Divisa is a municipality in the northeast of the

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ian state of

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. Its population in 2020 was 7,012 inhabitants in a total area of 943.647 km². It is the easternmost municipality of Minas Gerais Salto da Divisa belongs to the Almenara statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 142 meters. It became a municipality in 1948. This municipality is located on the Jequitinhonha River, which crosses the state boundary with

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at this point. Neighboring municipalities are: Calubi,

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, and Jacinto. There are paved connections with the important BR-101, a distance of 48 km. to the east.

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising, and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$28,985,000 (2005). There was 1 banking agency in 2006. There were 63 automobiles in 2007. The main cash crop was coffee. In the health sector there were 3 health clinics and 1 hospital with 58 beds. The score on the Municipal

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was 0.642 (medium). This ranked Salta da Divisa 768 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and

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 ...

in last place with 0.568. Se
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for the complete list. In 2006 there were 181 rural farms with 220 hectares of planted area. Most of the rural area was natural pasture or woodland. Only 28 of the farms had tractors. There was a large cattle herd of 81,000 head, the cattle being raised for meat.

References

Statistics from IBGECitybrazil
Municipalities in Minas Gerais Populated places established in 1948 {{MinasGerais-geo-stub