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Monte Formoso is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeastern part 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 ...
. The city belongs to the IBGE statistical mesoregion of
Jequitinhonha Jequitinhonha is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Location The population was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 kmĀ². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinh ...
and to the microregion of Almenara. As of 2020 the population was 4,923 in an area of 384 km2IBGE 2020
/ref> and the elevation was 651 meters. Due to its isolation and poor soils for agriculture, Monte Formoso is one of the poorest municipalities in the country. The main economic activities were cattle raising and modest production of coffee, sugarcane, beans, and rice. As of 2007 there were no financial institutions. In the same year there were 56 automobiles, 10 trucks, 13 pickup trucks and 81 motorcycles. In the rural area there were 384 producers on 17,000 hectares. Only 2 of the farms had tractors in 2006. There were 4 public health clinics and no hospital as of 2006. 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 ...
*MHDI: .570 (2000) *State ranking: 852 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 5,115 out of 5,138 municipalities *Life expectancy: 60 *Literacy rate: 61 For the complete list se
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*Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .733 *Per capita income (monthly): R$63.02 For the complete list se


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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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