Jordânia is a
Brazilian municipality
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located in the northeast of the
state
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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 ...
. 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 ...
. the population was 10,842 in a total area of 549 km
2.
IBGE 2020
/ref>Jordânia is located on the state boundary with 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 linked to the major population center of Almenara by poor roads. The elevation is 198 meters. It became a municipality in 1948.
Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$27,629,000 in 2005. The main cash crop was coffee. There were 143 automobiles in 2007. No banking agencies were listed for that year. In the rural zone there were 611 producers with a total planted area of 1,500 hectares. Most of the land was in natural pasture or woodland. Only 10 of the farms had tractors in 2006.
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 ...
: .647 (2000)
*State ranking: 754 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 3,818 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Degree of urbanization: 71.55% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
*Illiteracy rate: 30.16% (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: 79.10%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
*Infant mortality rate: 15.15—the rate for Minas Gerais was 17.40
*Health centers, and hospitals: 03 health centers and 01 hospital with 40 beds.
See also
* 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
External links
IBGEData on Health and EducationCitybrazil
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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