Lagoa Grande is a

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in the northeast of the

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ian

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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 in 2020 was 9,608 inhabitants in a total area of 1,220 km². Lagoa Grande belongs to the Paracatu statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 572 meters. It became a municipality in 1993. This municipality is located 28 km. south of highway BR-040 and 24 km. north of Ponte Fina. The distance to the capital,

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is 507 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Paracatu, João Pinheiro,

Vazante Vazante is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the north of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 20,642 inhabitants in a total area of . It is a large producer of cattle and with a ...

, Lagamar and Presidente Olegário. The main economic activities are cattle raising (64,000 head in 2006) and farming. There was also production of

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from eucalyptus plantations. This charcoal is transported to the industrial region near

to be used in the steel and iron industry. The GDP was R$64,951,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 568 farms with 108,000 hectares of agricultural land, 14,500 hectares of which were planted, 70,000 were in natural pasture, and 21,000 were in woodland or forest. Around 2,500 people were involved in the agricultural sector. There were 201 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 28 farms. The main crops were cotton, beans, tomatoes, soybeans, and corn. In the health sector there were 2 health clinics. The score on the Municipal

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was 0.721. This ranked Lagoa Grande 459 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with

Poços de Caldas Poços de Caldas is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2020 was 168,641 inhabitants. The city is known for its hot springs. Histor ...

in first place with 0.841 and

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 ...

in last place with 0.568. Frigoletto

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