Fruta de Leite 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 5,299 in a total area of . The elevation is . It became a municipality in 1997. The postal code (CEP) is 39558-000.
Fruta de Leite is part of the statistical microregion of
Salinas. It lies just north of the important federal highway BR-251, which links
Montes Claros
Montes Claros is a city located in northern Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The population is 413,487 (2020 est.) in an area of . It was made a seat of a municipality in 1831 and attained city status in 1857.
History
The region was originally in ...
to the Rio-Bahia (BR-116).
Due to isolation and poor soils this is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising (31,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of coffee, oranges, mangoes, corn, sugarcane, and bananas. In 2006 there were 989 rural producers and a total agricultural area of . Cropland made up . There were only two tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions . There were 85 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 75 inhabitants. Health care was provided by three public health clinics. Educational needs were met by nine primary schools and one middle school. There were no hospitals.
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 ...
*MHDI: .586 (2000)
*State ranking: 845 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 4,897 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Life expectancy: 67
*Literacy rate: 55
*Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .736
*Per capita income (monthly): R$55.76
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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 Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 municipalities, which are grouped into 66 microregions, which are grouped into 12 mesoregions.
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References
IBGE
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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