Divisópolis is a Brazilian

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

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

. The population was estimated to be 11,211 people living in a total area of 566 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. Divisópolis is located on the state boundary of

and

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

. It is 26 km. south of the Bahian city of Encruzilhada. Highway connections are poor making the region isolated and impoverished. The distance to the state capital

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is 551 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Pedra Azul, Divisa Alegre, Almenara, Bandeira, and Mata Verde. The history of the municipality began with the arrival of the tax collectors Sérgio Chaves and João Antônio Dutra to these lands known as Gerais, in 1936. The region was known as Boca da Mata and, due to the belief that the town had no future, it was called Só se vendo (we have to see), later becoming Sósseveno in 1953. In the same year it became a district of Almenara, separating in 1992. The location is in a mountainous area with an elevation of 910 meters. The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. Coffee is the main crop with 2,650 hectares planted in 2006. The GDP in 2006 was R$24,039,000. There was 01 banking agency . In the same year there were 79 automobiles. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils. *Municipal

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: .605 (2000) *State ranking: 825 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 4,581 out of 5,138 municipalities *Degree of

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from Rural area, rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. ...

: 11.37% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0% *Illiteracy rate: 37.57% (15 years old or older) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63% *Urban area covered by sewage system: 1.30%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39% *Health clinics, health centers, and hospitals: 0, 02, 01 with 18 bedsData on Health and Education

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