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Pernambuco Pernambuco ( , , ) is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.5 million people as of 2024, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, ...

see São Francisco, Pernambuco'' São Francisco is a

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' ...

in the north 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 ...

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. As of 2020 the population was 56,477 in an area of 3,300 km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 695 meters. It became a municipality in 1831. The postal code (CEP) is 39300-000 and it belongs to the statistical microregion of

Januária Januária is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The population was 67,852 inhabitants (IBGE 2020) and the area of the municipality was 6,691 km2 (2007). Muni ...

São Francisco is located on the right bank of the

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. It is connected by paved road to Brasília de Minas and to

Montes Claros Montes Claros is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality located in the northern region of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. Situated north of the state capital, Belo Horizonte, it lies approximately away. The mun ...

. The economy is based on agriculture with emphasis on cattle raising. There were 103,000 head in 2006. The main agricultural crops were sugarcane, bananas, castor oil seeds, and corn. The GDP was R$140,741,000 in 2005. Irrigation from the São Francisco River allows for production of tropical fruits. In 2006 there were 12,500 people connected to agriculture among whom were 2,2000 salaried workers. There were 2 banking agencies. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils. Some municipality indexes are: *Municipal

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: .680 (2000) *State ranking: 637 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 3,300 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Health clinics and hospitals: 10 basic clinics, 15 health centers, and 1 hospital with 24 beds *Life expectancy: 69.2 The social and health indicators were: degree of urbanization—54.0%; Literacy rate: 77.2; coverage of sewage system in the urban area—1.30%; and infant mortality—20.68.Indicators

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