Santana da Vargem is a municipality in the south 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 ...
. In 2020 the population was 7,073 in a total area of 173 km².
IBGE 2020
/ref> The elevation of the municipal seat is 804 meters. Santana da Vargem became a municipality in 1962
Location
Neighboring municipalities are Três Pontas, Campos Gerais, Boa Esperança, and Coqueiral. Santana da Vargem is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Varginha
Varginha is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Varginha stands out as one of the major centers of commerce and coffee production in Brazil and the world. The city is a center for export of coffee draining most of the productio ...
. It is 15 km north of Três Pontas and 41 km. north of Varginha
Varginha is a municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Varginha stands out as one of the major centers of commerce and coffee production in Brazil and the world. The city is a center for export of coffee draining most of the productio ...
. Lavras
Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,783 inhabitants (2020). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and t ...
is 65 km. to the east.
The distance to Belo Horizonte is 261 km. and the distance to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
is 440 km. The main highways serving the city are BR-381
and BR-265.
Economy
The main economic activities are agriculture, especially the growing of coffee, and production of milk and cheese. In 2006 there were 411 rural properties with agricultural land area of 13,153. The main crops were coffee, with 9,000 ha. planted, corn, with 1,200 ha, and various fruits like oranges, bananas, and passion fruit. There was one financial institution.
In the health sector there were 4 public health clinics. There were 6 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 ...
*MHDI: .749
*State ranking: 292 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 1,909 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Life expectancy: 70 years at birth
*Literacy rate: 85% (Se
Frigoletto
for the complete list)
References
City government siteIBGE
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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