Santo Antônio do Retiro is a city in the northeast of the
Brazilian state
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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 ...
. In 2020 its population was estimated to be 7,297 in a total area of 797 km².
The city belongs to the mesoregion of
Jequitinhonha Jequitinhonha is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
Location
The population was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinh ...
and to the microregion of
Salinas. The elevation of the municipal seat is 815 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. This municipality is located between
Rio Pardo de Minas
Rio Pardo de Minas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 31,045 inhabitants in a total area of .
Location
The elevation is . It became a municipality in 1831. The postal code (CEP) i ...
and
Espinosa on the upper reaches of the Rio Pardo. The distance to the state capital was 680 km.
Municipal boundaries are with: Espinosa,
Monte Azul
Monte Azul is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 20,696 (2020 est.) in an area of 994 km². The elevation is 582 meters. It became a municipality in 1878. The postal code (CEP) is 39500-000.
Th ...
,
Mato Verde, Rio Pardo de Minas and
Montezuma.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$16,388,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. There were 104 automobiles in 2007, a ratio of one for every 68 people. In the rural area there were 777 farms (2006) with around 2,800 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 10 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 77 farms. The main crops were coffee, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 5 health clinics and no hospital. The score on the 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 ...
was 0.602. This ranked Santo Antônio do Retiro 833 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
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.
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See also
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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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References
Statistics from IBGE
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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