Berilo () is a municipality in the northeast 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 (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. the population was 11,872 in a total area of 586 km². The elevation is 401 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region of Jequitinhonha and the micro-region of

Capelinha Capelinha is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 38,057 living in a total area of 966 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the statist ...

. It became a municipality in 1963. The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, pineapple, sugarcane, and corn. There were plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 1830 rural producers but only 1 tractor. there was one hospital and five public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 19 primary schools and 2 middle schools. There were 304 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 40 inhabitants per automobile (there were 813 motorcycles). There was one bank in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are

Francisco Badaró Francisco Badaró is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 10,321 in a total area of 463 km2. The elevation of the town center is 377 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical ...

Chapada do Norte Chapada do Norte is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 15,345 in a total area of 828 km². The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-reg ...

Virgem da Lapa Virgem da Lapa () is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 13,740 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to ...

, and

José Gonçalves de Minas José Gonçalves de Minas () is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,487 in a total area of 382 km². The elevation of the town center is 546 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistic ...

. 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 545 km. The nearest major population center,

Minas Novas Minas Novas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, the population was 31,497 in a total area of 1,810 km². The elevation of the urban area is 635 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region ...

(pop. 30,578 in 2007), is 42 km. on secondary roads.

Social indicators

Berilo is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .680 (2000) *State ranking: 636 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,298 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 70 *Literacy rate: 73 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio: .787 *Per capita income (monthly): R$92.00Frigoletto
*Urbanization rate: 23.35 (national rate was 81.25) *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 49.50 (national rate was 69.52) *Infant mortality rate: 10.20 (the national average was 18.91).Indicadores de Saúde
The above figures can be compared with those of

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 ...

, which had an MHDI of 0.841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country 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 the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

with an MHDI of 0.919. The lowest was 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 ...

with an MHDI of 0.467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country . At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing.

References

Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

Social indicators

See also

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