Campanário is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast 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 (literall ...

. Its population was 3,730 people living in a total area of 441 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Vale do Rio Doce and to the micro-region of

Governador Valadares Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the countryside of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was 281,046 inhabitants, thus being the ninth most populated city in the state. It is an economical axis of the middle valley of the Doce R ...

. It became a municipality in 1943.

Location

The city center of Campanário is located at an elevation of 268 meters on the important federal highway BR-116 between

and

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 - ...

. Neighboring municipalities are:

Itambacuri Itambacuri 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 ...

(W and N),

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 ...

(NE), Pescador (E), Jampruca (S). Distances *

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 ...

: 420 km (south on BR-116 to Governador Valadares, then southwest on BR-341) *

: 73 km south on BR-116 *

: 55 km north on BR-116 *

: 30 km north on BR-116 * Pescador: 21 southeast on MG-311

Economic activities

Services and agriculture are the main economic activities. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$15 million, with 9 million reais from services, 1 million reais from industry, and 4 million reais from agriculture. There were 190 rural producers on 19,000 hectares of land (2006). Approximately 450 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 23,000 head of cattle, of which 3,700 were milk cows (2006). Only 25 of the rural properties had tractors in 2006. There were no banks (2007) In the vehicle fleet there were 161 automobiles, 10 trucks, 12 pickup trucks, 4 buses, and 70 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 2 health clinics (2005). Educational needs of 1,100 students were met by 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school. *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 ...

: 0.668 (2000) *State ranking: 682 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,500 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 76% *Life expectancy: 63 (average of males and females) *Percentage of children under 5 years old in the population: 10.59 (all data below are from 2000) *Percentage of adolescents in the population (10 to 19 years old): 22.32 *Percentage of old people in the population (60 years or more): 10.42 *Degree of urbanization: 70.96 *Percentage of urban homes connected to sewage system: 66.90 In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$133.00 was below the state average of R$276.00 and below the national average of R$297.00.

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 ...

had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with R$435.00. 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 R$73.00. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

with 0.841, while the lowest was

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 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 ...

has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.Frigoletto

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