Luislândia is a municipality in the north 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 ...
. As of 2020 the population was 6,718 in a total area of . It became a municipality in 1997.
Location
Luislândia is located at an elevation of , . southeast of the
São Francisco River. It is on highway MG-402, which connects
Brasília de Minas to
São Francisco. It belongs to the statistical microregion of
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 ...
. Neighboring municipalities are
Brasília de Minas,
São Francisco,
Icaraí de Minas, and
Ubaí.
Distances
*
Belo Horizonte: .
*
São Francisco: .
*
Brasília de Minas: .
Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and
subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 17,854,000. Luislândia 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 384 establishments employing about 1,500 workers. Only 13 of the farms had tractors. There were 71 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 15,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than were beans, sugarcane, manioc, and corn.
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Health and education
In the health sector there were 3 clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector there were 10 primary schools and 1 middle school.
*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 ...
: 0.634 (2000)
*State ranking: 783 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
*National ranking: 4,051 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
*Literacy rate: 70%
*Life expectancy: 67 (average of males and females)
*Urbanization rate: 36.07 (2000)
*Percentage of urban houses served by sewage system: 1.90
*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
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. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities)
Manari in the state of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it List of Brazilian states by population, sev ...
has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
Frigoletto
References
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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Municipalities in Minas Gerais