Campanário is a

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ian

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the northeast of the

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. Its population was 3,730 people living in a total area of 441 km². The city is part of the

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. It became a municipality in 1943.

Geography

The city center of Campanário is located at an elevation of 268 meters on the important federal highway BR-116 between

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and

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. Neighboring municipalities are:

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(W and N),

Frei Gaspar Frei Gaspar is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 5,869 people living in a total area of 628 km2. The city is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo ...

(NE), Pescador (E), Jampruca (S). Distances *

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: 420 km (south on BR-116 to Governador Valadares, then southwest on BR-341) *

: 73 km south on BR-116 *

: 55 km north on BR-116 *

: 30 km north on BR-116 * Pescador: 21 southeast on MG-311

Economic activities

Services and agriculture are the main economic activities. The GDP in 2005 was approximately , with 9 million reais from services, 1 million reais from industry, and 4 million reais from agriculture. There were 190 rural producers on 19,000 hectares of land (2006). Approximately 450 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 23,000 head of cattle, of which 3,700 were milk cows (2006). Only 25 of the rural properties had tractors in 2006.IBGE
There were no banks (2007) In the vehicle fleet there were 161 automobiles, 10 trucks, 12 pickup trucks, 4 buses, and 70 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 2 health clinics (2005). Educational needs of 1,100 students were met by 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school. *Municipal

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: 0.668 (2000) *State ranking: 682 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,500 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 76% *Life expectancy: 63 (average of males and females) *Percentage of children under 5 years old in the population: 10.59 (all data below are from 2000) *Percentage of adolescents in the population (10 to 19 years old): 22.32 *Percentage of old people in the population (60 years or more): 10.42 *Degree of urbanization: 70.96 *Percentage of urban homes connected to sewage system: 66.90 In 2000 the per capita monthly income of was well below the state average of .

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had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with . 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 Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo O ...

with . In terms of HDI, the highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

with 0.841, while the lowest was

with 0.568. Nationally the highest was

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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.Frigoletto

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campanario, Minas Gerais 1962 establishments in Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais

Geography

Economic activities

Health and education

See also

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