Capitão Enéas 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 Brazilian

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

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 ...

. As of 2020 the population was 15,313 in a total area of 970 km².IBGE 2020
/ref> Capitão Enéas belongs to the IBGE statistical microregion of

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 distance to this important regional center is 90 km. The municipal seat is located on the railway line that links Minas Gerais to

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

. The main economic activity is cattle raising. In 2006 there were 68,000 head of cattle. Important agricultural crops are sugarcane, beans, and corn. There are several small transformation industries. There was 1 financial institution in 2007. In 2007 there were 299 automobiles, giving a ratio of 47 inhabitants for each automobile. Municipal

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

*MHDI: .667 *State ranking: 684 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,504 out of 5,138 municipalities *Life expectancy: 67 *Literacy rate: 73 For the complete list se
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IBGE
1962 establishments in Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

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