Berilo () is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of

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 ...

. the population was 11,872 in a total area of 586 km². The elevation is 401 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region of

Jequitinhonha Jequitinhonha () is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Geography The population was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequ ...

and the micro-region of Capelinha. It became a municipality in 1963. The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, pineapple, sugarcane, and corn. There were plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 1830 rural producers but only 1 tractor. there was one hospital and five public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 19 primary schools and 2 middle schools. There were 304 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 40 inhabitants per automobile (there were 813 motorcycles). There was one bank in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are Francisco Badaró,

Chapada do Norte Chapada do Norte is a Brazilian municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. , the population was 15,345 in a total area of 828 km². The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical ...

, Virgem da Lapa, and

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. The distance to

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is 545 km. The nearest major population center,

Minas Novas Minas Novas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, the population was 31,497 in a total area of 1,810 km². The elevation of the urban area is 635 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region ...

(pop. 30,578 in 2007), is 42 km. on secondary roads.

Social indicators

Berilo is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .680 (2000) *State ranking: 636 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,298 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 70 *Literacy rate: 73 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio: .787 *Per capita income (monthly): R$92.00Frigoletto
*Urbanization rate: 23.35 (national rate was 81.25) *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 49.50 (national rate was 69.52) *Infant mortality rate: 10.20 (the national average was 18.91).Indicadores de Saúde
The above figures can be compared with those of

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 ...

, which had an MHDI of 0.841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country was

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in the state of

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with an MHDI of 0.919. The lowest was Manari in the state of

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with an MHDI of 0.467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country . At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing.

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Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

Social indicators

See also

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