São Roque de Minas 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 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 the micro-region of Piumhi. It became a municipality in 1938.

Location

The city center of São Roque de Minas is located at an elevation of 818 meters on a plateau about 10 kilometers east of the

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entrance. Most of the municipality is occupied by the national park, which contains the source of the

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. The park contains 71,525 hectares with a perimeter of 173.4 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Medeiros (N),

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),

Vargem Bonita Vargem Bonita is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 2,148 people living in a total area of 409 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro ...

and

Delfinópolis Delfinópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 7,131 people living in a total area of 1,375 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the ...

(S)

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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 334 km. The distance to regional center

is 58 km. In 2000 the connecting roads were not paved.

Economic activities

Services and agriculture are the most important economic activities. A regional cheese called "queijo da canastra" is produced here. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$56 million, with 2 million reais from taxes, 20 million reais from services, 2 million reais from industry, and 31 million reais from agriculture. There were 778 rural producers on 139,000 hectares of land. 160 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 2,200 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops are coffee, rice, beans, and corn. There were 55,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 1,029 automobiles (2007), giving a ratio of 6 inhabitants per automobile.

Health and education

In the health sector there were 4 public health clinics and 1 hospital with 14 beds (2005). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Passos,

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. Educational needs of 1,250 students were met by 7 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 5 pre-primary schools. *Municipal

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: 0.766 (2000) *State ranking: 186 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 1426 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 88% *Life expectancy: 74 (average of males and females) *Infant mortality rate: 27.2 in 1,000 live births. In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$256.00 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

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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

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has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.Frigoletto
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References

External links

CanastraSerra da CanastraUNESCO site on the national park
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Roque De Minas Municipalities in Minas Gerais

Location

Economic activities

Health and education

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