Taiobeiras is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the north of the

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

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 ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. As of 2020 the population was 34,397 in an area of 1,194 km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 821 meters. It became a municipality in 1953. The postal code (CEP) is 39550-000 and it belongs to the statistical microregion of Salinas Taiobeiras is located 44 km. north of Salinas on highway MG-404. It is 704 km. to the state capital,

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 ...

. Neighboring municipalities are: *West:

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 ...

, *North:

Indaiabira Indaiabira is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 7,339 in a total area of 1,008 km². The elevation is 857 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. Indaiabira is part of the stati ...

and

São João do Paraíso São João do Paraíso is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 its population was estimated to be 23,709 in a total area of 1,921 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microre ...

*East:

Berizal Berizal is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,764 in a total area of 493 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Salinas. The ...

and

Curral de Dentro Curral de Dentro is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 7,799 in a total area of 571 km2. The elevation is 890 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. It is part of the statistica ...

, *South:

Santa Cruz de Salinas Santa Cruz de Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 4,107 inhabitants in a total area of 587 km². Santa Cruz de Salinas belongs to the Salinas statistical microregio ...

and Salinas The economy is based on agriculture with some cattle raising. There were 18,000 head in 2006. The main agricultural crops were coffee, bananas, citrus fruits, mangoes, tomatoes, and corn. The GDP was R$100,657,000 in 2005. In 2006, there were 1,221 rural establishments employing 1,200 salaried workers. The total agricultural land area was 90,819 hectares. There were 2 banking agencies in the urban area. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils. *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 ...

: .700 (2000) *State ranking: 544 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 2,998 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 Frigoletto
/ref> *Health clinics and hospitals: 2 basic clinics, 8 health centers, and 1 hospital with 65 beds Indicators
/ref> The social and health indicators were: degree of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...

—79.7%; Illiteracy rate: 26.8%; coverage of sewage system in the urban area—0.60%; coverage of garbage collection in the urban area—85.4; and infant mortality—19.60.

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Prefeitura Municipal de Taiobeiras
{{coord, 15, 48, 26, S, 42, 13, 22, W, display=title, region:BR_type:city Municipalities in Minas Gerais

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