Carmo do Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of
Minas Gerais. Its population was 30,334 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the
mesoregion of
Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and to the
microregion of
Patos de Minas. It became a municipality in 1887.
Location
Carmo do Paranaíba is located at an elevation of 1,061 meters southeast of
Patos de Minas. It is between the
Paranaíba River and the Abaeté River. Neighboring municipalities are:
Lagoa Formosa
Lagoa Formosa is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 18,111 people living in a total area of 844 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paran ...
and
Patos de Minas (N),
Tiros and
Arapuá
Arapuá is a Brazilian municipality located in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 2,835 people living in a total area of 172 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Paranaiba and t ...
(E),
Ibiá
Ibiá is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 25,358 people living in a total area of 2,707 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Par ...
and
Rio Paranaíba
Rio Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 12,335 people living in a total area of 1,353 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Par ...
(S), and
Serra do Salitre (W).
Distances
*
Rio Paranaíba
Rio Paranaíba is a Brazilian municipality in the northwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 12,335 people living in a total area of 1,353 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro e Alto Par ...
: 28 km
*
Patos de Minas: 54 km
*
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...
: 362 km
Connections to the north and south are made by federal highway BR-354, which lies from the city center.
Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture, especially the growing of coffee. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$255 million, of which 138 million came from services, 19 million came from industry, and 79 million came from agriculture. Carmo do Paranaíba is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. there were 04 banking agencies in the town. There was a strong retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 5,626 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 05 inhabitants.
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In the rural area there were 1,336 establishments occupying 87,000 hectares (planted area, 14,000 ha and natural pasture 62,000 ha.) (2006). About 7,500 persons were employed in agriculture. 184 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in 07 farms. There were 81,000 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were coffee (9,500 hectares), passion fruit, tomatoes, and corn.
Health and education
In the health sector there were 16 health clinics and 01 hospital with 33 beds. In the educational sector there were 15 pre-primary schools, 20 primary schools, and 04 middle schools.
*Municipal
Human Development Index: 0.792 (2000)
*State ranking: 67 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 746 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Literacy rate: 88%
*Life expectancy: 75 (average of males and females)
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was
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 ...
with 0.841, while the lowest was
Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest 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 ci ...
in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities)
Manari in the state of
Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
Frigoletto
See also
* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
References
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Municipalities in Minas Gerais