Capetinga 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

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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 was 6,890 people living in a total area of 296 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 1938.

History

In 1923 it was dismembered from São Sebastião do Paraíso. In 1938 the municipality was created. The name, Capetinga, according to data from the local government, means - "capeva"" - grass; and "tinga" - which smells bad. According to other sources, capetinga is formed by caapeb-tinga and means a white leaf.

Location

The city center of Capetinga is located at an elevation of 900 meters southeast of Passos and west of the Furnas reservoir. Neighboring municipalities are: Cássia (NE), Pratápolis (SE), São Sebastião do Paraíso (S), São Tomás de Aquino (SW), Itirapuã, Patrocínio Paulista and

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, (W),and

Ibiraci Ibiraci is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 13,986 people living in a total area of 598 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-r ...

(NW). Distances * Belo Horizonte: 352 km *

: 35 km to the northeast * Passos: 65 km (north on MG-446 for 35 km, then west on MG-050 for 26 km)

Economic activities

The economy is based on services and agriculture, especially cattle raising for dairy production. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$42 million, with 14 million reais from services, 1 million reais from industry, and 25 million reais from agriculture. There were 503 rural producers on 19,000 hectares of land. 160 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 1500 persons were occupied in agriculture. The main crops are coffee, soybeans, and corn. There were 10,000 head of cattle, of which 4,000 were milk cows (2006). There was one bank (2007). In the vehicle fleet there were 618 automobiles, 92 trucks, 105 pickup trucks, 6 buses, and 514 motorcycles (2007).

Health and education

In the health sector there were 3 health establishments: 2 public clinics and 1 private hospital with 20 beds (2005). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Passos. Educational needs of 850 students were met by 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school. *Municipal

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the Educational system, education system), ...

: 0.764 (2000) *State ranking: 132 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 1159 out of 5,138 municipalities *Literacy rate: 87% *Life expectancy: 72 (average of males and females) In 2000 the per capita monthly income of R$291.00 was above 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

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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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