Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of

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Location

Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo has a total area of 494 km². The elevation is 800 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. It is part of the statistical microregion of Salinas and lies between BR-251 and the boundary with the state of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...

. Neighboring municipalities are: Indaiabira, São João do Paraíso, Montezuma, and Novorizonte. The municipality contains about 16% of the

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, created in 2014. The reserve protects an area of the

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biome.

Demographics

As of 2020 the population was 5,026. This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. Isolation and drought mean that most of the inhabitants live in extreme poverty. The main economic activities are

cattle raising A ranch (from es, rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of a farm. These terms are most ofte ...

(1,200 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of coffee and mangoes, and corn. In 2006 there were 640 rural producers in a total area of 48,347 hectares. Cropland made up 37,000 hectares. There were only 43 tractors. In the urban area there were no

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s as of 2006. There were 72 automobiles (2007), giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 65 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 3

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

clinics. There were no hospitals. The GDP in 2003 was R$13,548,952.00 while the GDP per capita was R$2,865.68.

Human Development Index

*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 ...

: .598 (2000) *State ranking: 838 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 4,700 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Life expectancy: 60 *Literacy rate: 65 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio: .795 *Per capita income (monthly): R$79.60 (''For the complete list see'
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''Note that at last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities while Minas Gerais still had 853''. The above figures can be compared with those of Poços de Caldas, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest MHDI in the country (2000) was São Caetano do Sul in the state of

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with an MHDI of .919. More up-to-date data from 2004 show that the lowest in that year was Manari in the state of

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with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004. At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing. Se
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References

IBGE

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* {{refend Municipalities in Minas Gerais

Location

Demographics

Human Development Index

See also

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