Ibiracatu is a Brazilian municipality located in the north 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 ...

. In 2020 the population was 5,369 in a total area of 359 km². It became a municipality in 1995.IBGE

Location and distances

Ibiracatu is located 35 km. southeast of the São Francisco River. It is 05 km. off the main highway BR-135, which connects

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 ...

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. The elevation of the municipal seat is 750 meters. Ibiracatu is part of the statistical microregion of

. Neighboring municipalities are:

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and Pedras de Maria da Cruz

Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$15,874,000. Ibiracatu is in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It suffers from isolation, poor soils, and periodic drought. there were no 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 528 establishments employing about 1,600 workers. Only 08 of the farms had tractors. There were 84 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 6,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were beans, sugarcane, manioc, and corn.

Health and education

*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 ...

: 0.615 (2000) *State ranking: 812 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 4,394 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 64% *Life expectancy: 67 (average of males and females) *Urbanization rate: 43.71 (2000) *Percentage of urban houses served by sewage system: 1.50 *Infant mortality rate: 29.70 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.Frigoletto
In the health sector there were 04 clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector there were 10 primary schools and 02 middle schools.

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