Bandeira is a Brazilian municipality located in 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 (literall ...

. Its population was estimated to be 4,766 people living in a total area of 484 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. Bandeira is located 37 km. northeast of Almenara, just south of the boundary with the state of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-larges ...

. Highway connections are poor making the region isolated. The elevation was 292 meters. Bandeiras became a municipality in 1962. The main economic activities are cattle raising (22,000 head in 2006) and the cultivation of cacao, oranges, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$15,053,000. There were no banking agencies . In the same year there were 63 automobiles. 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, w ...

: .619 (2000) *State ranking: 806 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 4,325 out of 5,138 municipalities *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 th ...

: 44.02% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0% *Illiteracy rate: 37.99% (15 years old or older)(Data from 2000) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63% *Urban area covered by sewage system: 80.00%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39% *Health clinics, health centers, and hospitals: 2, 1. There were no hospitals.

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