Pains (pronounced: pah-EENS) is a Brazilian municipality located in the center 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 as of 2020 was 8,296 people living in a total area of 418 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Formiga. It became a municipality in 1943.

Location

The city center of Pains is located at an elevation of 693 meters a short distance west of Formiga. It is connected to Formiga,

Divinópolis Divinópolis is a municipality in the centre-west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The estimated population in 2020 was 240,408 inhabitants. The total area of the municipality is 709 km2 and the elevation is 712 metres. It is 120 km from s ...

, and Belo Horizonte by highway MG-050. Neighboring municipalities are:

Iguatama Iguatama is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 7,923 people living in a total area of 627 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Piumh ...

(N), Arcos (NE), Córrego Fundo (E), Formiga (S), Pimenta (SE), and

Piumhi Piumhi () is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 34,918 people living in a total area of 902 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and Alto Paranaíba ...

and

Doresópolis Doresópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 1,533 people living in a total area of 153 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of ...

(W). Distances to other cities *Belo Horizonte/MG - 217 km *Formiga/MG - 31 km *Pimenta/MG - 19 km *Arcos/MG - 9 km

Economic activities

Services, mining, and industry are the most important economic activities. There are large deposits of limestone in the region, which is used in cement and fertilizer. In 2005 there were 39 extractive industries (mining) and 65 transformation industries. Transformation industries employed 818 workers. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$89 million, 8 million reais from taxes, 31 million reais from services, 35 million reais from industry, and 14 million reais from agriculture. There were 403 rural producers on 24,000 hectares of land (2006). 85 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 950 persons were involved in agriculture. The main crops are rice, beans, and corn. There were 28,000 head of cattle (2006). There was one bank (2007). The motor vehicle fleet had 1,107 automobiles, 191 trucks, 151 pickup trucks, and 349 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 3 public health clinics and 1 hospital with 22 beds (2005). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Formiga or

. Educational needs of 1,700 students were met by 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school. *Municipal

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: 0.782 (2000) *State ranking: 107 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 997 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 89% *Life expectancy: 74 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$231.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively. Poços de Caldas had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with R$435.00. 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 R$73.00. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was

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

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has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.

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