Japonvar 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 7,982 in a total area of 376 km². It became a municipality in 1997.IBGE

Location and distances

Japonvar is located on BR-135 which connects

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and

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. The elevation of the municipal seat is 700 meters. Japonvar is part of the statistical microregion of

. Neighboring municipalities are:

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, São João da Ponte, Patis,

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, and São Francisco.

Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 19,043,000. Japonvar 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. As of 2007, 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 646 establishments employing about 1,700 workers. Only 04 of the farms had tractors. There were 80 automobiles in all of the municipalities. There were 8,700 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

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: 0.618 (2000) *State ranking: 807 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 4,339 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 66% *Life expectancy: 66 (average of males and females) *

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: 31.73 (2000) *Percentage of urban houses served by sewage system: 98.10 *Infant mortality rate: n/a The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was

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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 06 clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector, there were 08 primary schools and 01 middle school.

Origin of the name

The name Japonvar came about because the settlement began at the junction of three rural roads, which led to Januária, São João da Ponte e Varzelândia.

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