Catuji 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 (literally ...

. Its population was estimated to be 6,257 people living in a total area of 421 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of Teófilo Otoni. It became a municipality in 1993. The region is famous for its unique rock formations of which Pedra do Chifre and Pedra de Santa Rosa are the most interesting. Catuji is located on highway BR-116 at an elevation of 625 meters, 72 km. north 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 - ...

. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 513 km. Neighboring municipalities are:

Itaipé Itaipé is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 12,836 people living in a total area of 483 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the m ...

Novo Oriente de Minas Novo Oriente de Minas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 10,778 in a total area of . The elevation is . It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39817-000. Novo Orien ...

and

Padre Paraíso Padre Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 20,252 people living in a total area of 543 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinho ...

. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$18 million, with 12 million from services, 2 million from industry, and 3 million from agriculture. There were 600 rural producers on 13,000 hectares of land. Only 7 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 1,700 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were bananas, coffee, sugarcane, beans and corn. There were 7,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 166 automobiles (145 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 40 inhabitants per automobile. There were 4 health clinics. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 17 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, wh ...

: 0.621 (2000) *State ranking: 803 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 4,280 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 64% *Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita income of R$82.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively. 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

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...

has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place. *Percentage of population aged less than 5 years old: 11.18 (2000) *Percentage of population aged 10 to 19: 27.01 *Percentage of population aged 60 or more: 8.83 *Percentage of urbanization: 21.47 *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 83.40 *Infant mortality rate: 20.69 (in 1,000 live births) Indicadores Minas

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