Morro da Garça 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

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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 as of 2020 was 2,437 living in a total area of 414 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical

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Curvelo Curvelo is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and B ...

. It became a municipality in 1962.IBGE
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Morro da Garça is located at an elevation of 600 meters, 15 km. west of important highway BR-135. The distance to

is 36 km., and the distance to the state capital,

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, is 210 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Corinto,

and

Felixlândia Felixlândia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 15,433 living in a total area of . The city belongs to the statistical Mesoregion (Brazil), mesoregion of Central Mineira and to th ...

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The name comes from a nearby hill. The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations is also important. The GDP in 2005 was R$19 million, with 8 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 8 million from agriculture. There were 235 rural producers on 27,000 hectares of land. Only 45 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 700 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were beans and corn. There were 27,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 152 automobiles (110 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 29 inhabitants per automobile. There were 2 health clinics. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Curvelo. Educational needs were met by 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 pre-primary schools. *Municipal

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: 0.680 (2000) *State ranking: 634 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 3,291 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 82% *Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females)Frigoletto
/ref> In 2000 the per capita income of R$129.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

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 ...

with 0.841, while 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 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.

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1962 establishments in Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

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