Chapada do Norte 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 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-region of

Jequitinhonha Jequitinhonha is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Location The population was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinh ...

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 statis ...

. It became a municipality in 1963. The economy is based on charcoal production, cattle raising and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being beans, manioc, sugarcane, and corn. There are extensive plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 2150 rural producers but only 4 tractors. there were 7 public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 33 primary schools and 4 middle schools. There were 185 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 83 inhabitants per automobile (there were 461 motorcycles). There was one bank in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are: Turmalina, Veredinha,

Itamarandiba Itamarandiba () is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 34,936 living in a total area of 2,736 km². Location The city belongs to the statistical Mesoregion (Brazil), mesoreg ...

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, Senador Modestino Gonçalves, and Bocaiúva. The distance to Belo Horizonte is 421 km. The nearest major population center,

, is 46 km on secondary roads. Highway access from the capital is made by

Curvelo Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated popu ...

and Diamantina, via

BR-040 BR-040 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro. BR-040 Highway, Brazil The starting point of the highway is in Brasília at the junction with the BR-450 (Via EPIA) and BR-251 (Via EPCT). The road ends at Pra ...

BR-135 BR-135 is a federal highway of Brazil. The 2518 kilometre road connects São Luís to Belo Horizonte. The road passes through the MATOPIBA region (in the south of Maranhão and Piauí and in the west of Bahia), which is an important producer of ...

, BR-259 and BR-367; from João Monlevade,

Guanhães Guanhães is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Regio ...

São João Evangelista São João Evangelista is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the So ...

, Coluna, and

, via BR-381, MG-129,

BR-120 BR-120 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects the city of Araçuaí, in the state of Minas Gerais, to the city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, ...

and BR-451.

Social Indicators

Chapada do Norte is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .679 (2000) *State ranking: 639 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,313 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 67 *Literacy rate: 74 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .827 *Per capita income (monthly): R$112.00 Frigoletto
*

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 t ...

rate: 62.03 (national rate was 81.25) *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 72.20 (national rate was 69.52) *Infant mortality rate: 15.38 (the national average was 18.91).Indicadores de Saúde
The above figures can be compared with those of Poços de Caldas, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country was São Caetano do Sul 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 Ga ...

with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was 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 ...

with an MHDI of .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

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