Pratápolis 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 southwest 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 ...

. Its population as of 2020 was 8,566 people living in a total area of 214 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Passos. It became a municipality in 1943.

Geography

The city center of Pratápolis is located at an elevation of 735 meters in the southwest of the state, a short distance west of regional center, Passos. For the most part the terrain is hilly with the maximum elevation reaching 1,012 meters. Neighboring municipalities are:

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(N, Itaú de Minas and Fortaleza de Minas (E),

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(S and SW), and Capetinga (W).

Temperatures

*Average annual: 21.3 °C *Average annual maximum: 26 °C *Average annual minimum: 15 °C

Distances

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: 358 km *MG-050: 9 km *

: 33 km * Itaú de Minas: 12 km * Passos: 33 km *

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: 80 km *

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: 133 km *

: 28 km *

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: 420 km

Economic activities

Services, small industrris, and agriculture are the main economic activities. The city has a cement factory: CCPI - Companhia de Cimento Portland Itaú. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$54 million, with 3 million reais from taxes, 32 million reais from services, 5 million reais from industry, and 14 million reais from agriculture. In the industrial sector there were 74 small industries employing 148 workers (2005). There were 400 rural producers on 2,000 hectares of land. There was also modest poultry production. Approximately 1,000 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are coffee, beans, and corn. There were 17,000 head of cattle, of which 2,000 were milk cows (2006). There are 2 banks (2007). In the vehicle fleet there were 1,751 automobiles, 146 trucks, 124 pickup trucks, 10 buses, and 444 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 2 health clinics and 1 hospital with 5 beds (2005). Educational needs of 1,900 students were attended to by 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school. *Municipal

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: 0.772 (2000) *State ranking: 156 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 1261 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 89% *Life expectancy: 72 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$230.00 was below the state average of R$276.00 and below the national average of R$297.00.

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had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with R$435.00. 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 R$73.00. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

with 0.841, while the lowest was

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.Frigoletto
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References

External links

City site
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