Ataléia is a municipality located in the northeast 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 (literall ...

in Brazil. Its population was estimated to be 12,678 people living in a total area of 1,838.384 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1943.IBGE
Ataléia is located at an elevation of 240 meters, 70 km. east of

Teófilo Otoni Teófilo Otoni is a municipality in northeast Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 140,937 in 2020 and the area is 3,242.818 km2. Origin of the name The city is named after (Vila do Príncipe, 27 January 1807 - ...

and a short distance from the boundary with the state of

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

. 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 516 km. Neighboring municipalities are:

Carlos Chagas Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and bacteriologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. He discovered Chagas disease, also called ''A ...

, the state of

Frei Gaspar Frei Gaspar is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 5,869 people living in a total area of 628 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to th ...

and Ouro Verde de Minas. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$53

reais The Brazilian real ( pl. '; sign: R$; code: BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The Central Bank of Brazil is the central bank and the issuing authority. The real replaced the cruzeiro real in 1994. ...

, with 34 reais from services, 7 reais from industry, and 3 reais from agriculture. There were 1,211 rural producers on 102,000 hectares of land. Only 52 farms had tractors in 2006. Approximately 3,200 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were bananas, coffee, sugarcane, beans and corn. There were 111,000 head of cattle in 2006. There were 2 banks: Bradesco and Sicoob in 2007 and 438 automobiles (361 motorcycles ), giving a ratio of 3,400 inhabitants per automobile. There were 5 health clinics and 1 hospital with 12 beds. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 16 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 7 pre-primary schools. *Municipal

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: 0.653 (2000) *State ranking: 736 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,727 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 67% *Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females)Frigoletto
In 2000 the per capita income of R$111.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$97.00 respectively. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in terms of

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 c ...

in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Manari in

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 ...

with 0.467. *Percentage of population aged less than 5 years old: 9.83 (2000) *Percentage of population aged 10 to 19: 25.06. *Percentage of population aged 60 or more: 25.80 *Percentage of urbanization: 45.15 *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 57.40 *Infant mortality rate: 17.70 (in 1,000 live births) Indicadores Minas

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