Santa Cruz de Salinas is a municipality in the northeast of the

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ian state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...

. Its population in 2020 was 4,107 inhabitants in a total area of 587 km².IBGE 2020
/ref> Santa Cruz de Salinas belongs to the Salinas statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 728 meters. It became a municipality in 1997. The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$11,710,000 (2005). There were no banking agencies in 2006. In all the municipality there were 63 automobiles in 2007, a ratio of one automobile for every 80 inhabitants. In the

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there were 808 farms with around 2,500 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 2 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 400 farms. The main crops were coffee, citrus fruits, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 4 health clinics and no hospitals. The score on the Municipal

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was 0.599 (2000). This ranked Rubelita 836 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with

Poços de Caldas Poços de Caldas is a 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. History Poços was founded in 1 ...

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 IBGE statistical microregion of Teófilo ...

in last place with 0.568. Se
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Statistics from IBGE
Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

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