Coronel Murta 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 northeast of the

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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 ...

. Its population was estimated to be 9,215 people living in a total area of 813 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of

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. It became a municipality in 1953.

Geography

Coronel Murta is located on the left bank of the

Jequitinhonha River The Jequitinhonha River () flows mainly through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its source lies near Diamantina in the Espinhaço Mountains at an elevation of , after which it flows northward and then east-northeastward across the uplands. ...

at an elevation of 322 meters. The climate is semi-arid. The region is one of the most impoverished in the country.

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising, services, and

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, with the main crops being beans, sugarcane, and corn. The cattle herd had 11,000 head in 2006. In 2005 there were 770 rural producers but only 14 tractors. 2,500 persons were dependent on agriculture. there were 5 public health clinics. Educational needs were met by 10 primary schools, 1 middle school and 1 nursery school. There were 191 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 47 inhabitants per automobile (there were 403 motorcycles). There was 1 bank in 2007. Neighboring municipalities are: Rubelita -

- Virgem da Lapa. The distance to

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is 714 km. The distance to the nearest major population center,

is 30 km.

Social indicators

Coronel Murta is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .673 (2000) *State ranking: 663 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 3,413 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 67 *Literacy rate: 76 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .800 *Per capita income (monthly): R$95.00 Frigoletto
The above figures can be compared with those of

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, which had an MHDI of .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 .919. The lowest was Manari in the state of

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with an MHDI of .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.

References

{{Municipalities of Minas Gerais Municipalities in Minas Gerais

Geography

Economy

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