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Joaíma 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 ...
of
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 ...
. Its population was estimated to be 15,455 people living in a total area of 1,668 km². The city belongs to the
Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara The Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara, Minas Gerais, Almenara is one of the 7 immediate Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions, geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni, one of the 70 immediate geogra ...
. Joaíma is located 27 km. south of the Jequitinhonha River. BR-116 is 58 km. to the west. The elevation is 294 meters. It became a municipality in 1948. Neighboring municipalities are:
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Felisburgo Felisburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population was estimated to be 7,504 people living in a total area of 594 km2. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara. ...
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Ponto dos Volantes Ponto dos Volantes is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. The city is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo Otoni. As of 2020 the population was 12,179 in an area of 1,215 km². The el ...
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Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was . There were 02 banking agencies . In the same year there were 392 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 50 people. In the rural area there were 970 farms of which only 21 had tractors. Most of the farming practiced is on the subsistence level. There were 62,000 head of cattle in 2006. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.


Social indicators

*Municipal
Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income i ...
: .646 (2000) *State ranking: 756 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,832 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. ...
: 70.48% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0% *Illiteracy rate: 35.51% (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: 64.10%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39% *Health centers and hospitals: 07 health centers and 01 hospital with 59 beds


See also

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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ...


References

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