Jequitinhonha 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 (literall ...
.
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 Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of
Almenara.
Jequitinhonha is located on the river of the same name. The elevation is 223 meters. It became a municipality in 1911. The distance to the state capital,
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
is 582 km.
Neighboring municipalities are:
Joaíma
Joaíma is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
The population was estimated to be 15,455 people living in a total area of 1,668 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to th ...
,
Felisburgo
Felisburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
The population was estimated to be 7,504 people living in a total area of 594 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to th ...
,
Rubim
Rubim is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 10,256 inhabitants in a total area of 969 km².
Rubim belongs to the Almenara statistical microregion. The elevation of the municip ...
,
Almenara and
Pedra Azul
Pedra Azul (Portuguese Language, Portuguese for "blue stone") is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, located in the northeast of the state, in the Jequitinhonha River valley region ...
.
The municipality contains most of the
Mata Escura Biological Reserve, created in 2003.
Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$66,471,000. There were 02 banking agencies . In the same year there were 699 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 30 people. In the rural area there were 1,905 producers of which only 51 had tractors. There were 88,000 head of cattle in 2006. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
Social indicators
*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, w ...
: .668 (2000)
*State ranking: 679 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 3,492 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Degree of urbanization: 70.21% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
*Illiteracy rate: 33.68% (15 years old or older) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63%
*Urban area covered by sewage system: 38.80%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
*Health centers and hospitals: 08 health centers and 01 hospital with 76 beds
See also
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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
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais