Capinópolis is a municipality in the west of the

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ian 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 16,234 in a total area of 621 km². It became a municipality in 1953. The name means "city of grass".

Location

Capinópolis is located at an elevation of 545 meters 30 km. south of the

Paranaíba River The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of t ...

and the Cachoeira Dourada Hydroelectric Station. It belongs to the statistical microregion of

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. Neighboring municipalities are

Canápolis Canápolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 12,201 living in a total area of 845 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba ...

, Cachoeira Dourada, Ipiaçu e

Distances * Belo Horizonte: 722 km. * Cachoeira Dourada: 30 km. *

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: 67 km. *

: 36 km.

Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$193,698,000. Capinópolis is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It is in a region of good soils, adequate rainfall, and abundance of surface water. there were 02 banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail commerce serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 288 establishments employing about 1,100 workers. 144 of the farms had tractors. There were 1,580 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 29,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were cotton, sugarcane (6,050 ha.), soybeans (20,500 ha.), sorghum (6,000 ha.) and corn (4,500 ha.). IBGE

Health and education

In the health sector there were 07 clinics and one hospital with 30 beds. In the educational sector there were 06 primary schools and 01 middle school. *Municipal

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: 0.766 (2000) *State ranking: 188 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 1,437 out of 5,138 municipalities The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas 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 in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of

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

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