Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian 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 ...

. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km². The elevation of the town center is 751 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. Location 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 Jequitin ...

and the micro-region of

Capelinha Capelinha is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 38,057 living in a total area of 966 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the statist ...

. It became a municipality in 1963. The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, with the main crops being coffee, sugarcane, and corn. There are extensive plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 629 rural producers but only 13 tractors. there was one hospital with 22 beds and 6 public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 7 primary schools and 1 middle school. There were 779 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 12 inhabitants per automobile (there were 902 motorcycles). There was one bank in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are:

Turmalina Turmalina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 m ...

Veredinha Veredinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 5,727 in a total area of 635 km². The elevation of the urban area is 635 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-r ...

Itamarandiba Itamarandiba () is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-center of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 34,936 living in a total area of 2,736 km². Location The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonh ...

Diamantina Diamantina may refer to: Geography Australia * Diamantina Bowen (1833-1893), ''grande dame'' of Queensland and the wife of Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland. * ''Diamantina Cocktail'', 1976 album by Little River Band * Diam ...

Senador Modestino Gonçalves Senador Modestino Gonçalves is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Location Its population as of 2020 was 4,105 living in a total area of . The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the statistic ...

and

Bocaiúva Bocaiuva is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 50,256 people living in a total area of 3,232 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of North of Minas and to the microregion ...

. The distance to Belo Horizonte is 421 km. The nearest major population center,

, is 46 km on secondary roads. Highway access from the capital is made by

Curvelo Curvelo is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and B ...

and Diamantina, via

BR-040 BR-040 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro. BR-040 Highway, Brazil The starting point of the highway is in Brasília at the junction with the BR-450 (Via EPIA) and BR-251 (Via EPCT). The road ends at Pra ...

BR-135 BR-135 is a federal highway of Brazil. The 2518 kilometre road connects São Luís to Belo Horizonte. The road passes through the MATOPIBA region (in the south of Maranhão and Piauí and in the west of Bahia), which is an important producer of ...

BR-259 BR-259 is a federal highway in the southeastern Brazil. The road covers 711.7 km from Felixlândia, Minas Gerais to João Neiva, Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, ...

, and

BR-367 BR-367 is a federal highway that begins in Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia and ends in Gouveia, Minas Gerais. The highway connects Porto Seguro in Bahia and Almenara and Araçuaí and Diamantina Diamantina may refer to: Geography Australia * ...

; from

João Monlevade João Monlevade is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 m ...

Guanhães Guanhães is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Regio ...

São João Evangelista São João Evangelista is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the So ...

, Coluna and

, via BR-381, MG-129,

BR-120 BR-120 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects the city of Araçuaí, in the state of Minas Gerais, to the city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio ...

, and BR-451.

Social Indicators

Carbonita is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .679 (2000) *State ranking: 639 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,313 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 67 *Literacy rate: 74 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .827 *Per capita income (monthly): R$112.00Frigoletto
*Urbanization rate: 62.03 (national rate was 81.25) *Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 72.20 (national rate was 69.52) *Infant mortality rate: 15.38 (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 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 ...

, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country was

São Caetano do Sul São Caetano do Sul (or São Caetano) ('' Saint Cajetan of the South''. ) is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 161,957 (2020 est.) in an area of 15.33 km2. It is the c ...

in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was Manari in the state of

Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...

with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country .

References

Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub