Leme do Prado 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 4,920 in a total area of

Location

The elevation is 431 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region of Jequitinhonha 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 statist ...

. It became a municipality in 1995. The municipality contains part of the

Acauã Ecological Station Acauã Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Acauã is a state-operated ecological station in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a strictly protected area and is closed to the public except for research and environmental education. ...

, a fully protected conservation unit created in 1974.

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, rice, beans, sugarcane, and corn. There were plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 404 rural producers but only 5 tractors. 1,200 persons were dependent on agriculture. there were 6 public health clinics, with 2 of them carrying out diagnosis and complete therapy. Educational needs were met by 8 primary schools and 1 middle school. There were 113 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 49 inhabitants per automobile (there were 299 motorcycles). There were no banks in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are:

Botumirim Botumirim is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 6,288 in a total area of 1,572 km2. The elevation is 948 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. Location and distances ...

José Gonçalves de Minas José Gonçalves de Minas () is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,487 in a total area of 382 km². The elevation of the town center is 546 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistic ...

Chapada do Norte Chapada do Norte is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. 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-reg ...

, and

Turmalina Turmalina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 m ...

. The distance to

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 492 km.

Social Indicators

Leme do Prado is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .683 (2000) *State ranking: 619 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,257 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 66 *Literacy rate: 78 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .797 *Per capita income (monthly): R$118.00 Frigoletto
The above figures can be compared with those of

Poços de Caldas Poços de Caldas is a municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2020 was 168,641 inhabitants. The city is known for its hot springs. History Poços was founded in 1 ...

, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country was

São Caetano do Sul São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the ci ...

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 GaWC a ...

with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was Manari in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

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.

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