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List Of Municipalities In Amazonas By HDI
This is a list of municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas ordered by Human Development Index (HDI) according to data released by the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) of the United Nations for the 2010. The Human Development Index was developed in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and the Indian economist Amartya Sen. According to the list. of the 62 municipalities in the state of Amazonas, none of them have very high HDI (equal to or greater than 0.800), 1 has high HDI (between 0.700 and 0.799), 14 have medium (between 0.600 and 0.699), 40 have low (between 0.500 and 0.599), and 7 have very low (less than 0.500). The HDI of Amazonas is 0.674 (considered medium). Criteria Categories The index varies from 0 to 1, considering: * – 0.800 to 1.000 * – 0.700 to 0.799 * – 0.600 to 0.699 * – 0.500 to 0.599 * Very low – 0.000 to 0.499 Components The HDI of the municipalities is an aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas (Brazilian State)
Amazonas () is a federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in the North Region, Brazil, North Region in the north-western corner of the country. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, largest Brazilian state by area and the list of the largest country subdivisions by area, ninth-largest country subdivision in the world with an area of 1,570,745.7 square kilometers. It is the largest country subdivision in South America, being greater than the areas of Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay combined. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre (state), Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the departments of Colombia, Departments of Amazonas (Colombian department), Amazonas, Vaupés Department, Vaupés and Guainía Department, Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas State, Venezuela, Amazonas state in Venezuela, and the Loreto Region in Peru. Amazonas is named after the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
