Umburatiba is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-east 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 2,596 living in a total area of 405 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of

Vale do Mucuri Vale do Mucuri ( en, Mucuri River valley) is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian 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 ( ...

and to the statistical

microregion Microregion is a designation for territorial entities. Austria *Microregion (Tyrol) Brazil * Microregion (Brazil) Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. ...

Nanuque Nanuque is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, in the southeastern region of Brazil, belonging to Mucuri Valley and Region Nanuque. The relief consists of inselbergs and seas of hills, and the Serra dos Aimorés as predominant characteris ...

. It became a municipality in 1962. Umburatiba is located at an elevation of 238 meters on the state boundary with

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

. The nearest major population center is

. The distance to

is 100 km; and the distance 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 ...

, is 673 km. Neighboring municipalities are:

Machacalis Machacalis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 7,111 living in a total area of 329 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the sta ...

Bertópolis Bertópolis is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,607 in a total area of 426 km². The elevation is 278 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. The postal code (CEP) is 39875-0 ...

, Carlos Chagas, Itanhém (Bahia), and Medeiros Neto (Bahia). The main economic activities are services, small industries, and

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

. The GDP in 2005 was R$12 million, with 7 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 4 million from agriculture. There were 97 rural producers on 65,000 hectares of land. Only 9 farms had tractors (2006). 300 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coconuts, sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 29,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 60 automobiles (74 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 45 inhabitants per automobile. The social indicators rank it in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state. *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 ...

: 0.618 (2000) *State ranking: 810 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 4,351 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 71% *Life expectancy: 60 (average of males and females) *Degree of urbanization: 55.81 (2000) *Percentage of urban dwellings connected to sewage system: 70.90 *Infant mortality rate: 18.52 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 São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the ci ...

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 Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

has the lowest rating in the country--0,467--putting it in last place. There were 4 health clinics (2 specialized) (2006). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Nanuque. Educational needs were met by 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 pre-primary schools. IBGE
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