Monjolos 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 (literally ...

. Its population in 2020 was 2,202, with a total area of . The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical

microregion Microregion is a designation for territorial entities. Austria *Microregion (Tyrol) Brazil * Microregion (Brazil) Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. ...

Curvelo Curvelo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated popu ...

. It became a municipality in 1962.IBGE
/ref> Monjolos is located at an elevation of east of the Rio das Velhas, an important tributary of the São Francisco River. It is connected to the nearest major population center,

, by state highway MG-220. In 2001, this highway was not paved. The distance to Curvelo is , and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is . Neighboring municipalities are Santo Hipólito, Gouveia,

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, and Augusto de Lima.Citybrazil
The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations is also important. The GDP in 2005 was R$12 million, with 6 million from services, 700 thousand from industry and 5 million from agriculture. There were 164 rural producers on of land. Only 22 farms had tractors in 2006. Approximately 600 persons were dependent on agriculture; the main crops were beans and corn. There were 17,600 head of cattle in 2006. There were no banks in 2007 and 29 automobiles and 36 motorcycles, giving a ratio of 79 inhabitants per automobile. This is much lower than the state average. There were two health clinics. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Montes Claros or Curvelo. Educational needs were met by two primary schools, a middle school and a pre-primary school. *Municipal

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: 0.676 in 2000 *State ranking: 651 out of 853 municipalities in 2000 *National ranking: 3,353 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Literacy rate: 76% *Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females)Frigoletto
/ref> In 2000, the per capita income of R$145.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00, respectively. 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.

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