Engenheiro Navarro is a
Brazilian municipality
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located in the north of the
state
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of
Minas Gerais
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. Its population was 7,241 people living in a total area of 632 km
2. The city belongs to the
mesoregion of
North of Minas
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and to the
microregion
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Austria
Brazil
Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer
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of
Bocaiúva
Bocaiuva is a Brazil, Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, 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 (Brazil), ...
. It became a municipality in 1962.
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Engenheiro Navarro is located at an elevation 637 meters on the railroad line that links
Belo Horizonte
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to
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 ...
. This line is no longer used for passenger traffic. Highway BR-135, which links Montes Claros to the state boundary with
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...
passes at a distance of 4 kilometers to the east. The distance to
Bocaiúva
Bocaiuva is a Brazil, Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, 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 (Brazil), ...
is 35 km; the distance to
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 ...
is 85 km; and the distance to
Belo Horizonte
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is 347 km. Neighboring municipalities are:
Bocaiúva
Bocaiuva is a Brazil, Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, 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 (Brazil), ...
(N) and (E);
Joaquim Felício
Joaquim Felício is a Brazil, Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality located in the northeast of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 4,727 living in a total area of 791 km2. The city belongs t ...
(S);
Francisco Dumont
Francisco Dumont is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 5,242 people living in a total area of 1,553 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of North of Minas and to the microreg ...
and
Claro dos Poções (W).
The main economic activities are cattle raising, services, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$23 million, with 14 million in services, 2 million in industry, and 5 million in agriculture. There were 268 rural producers on 40,000 hectares of land. The main crops were cotton, sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 27,000 head of cattle (2006).
*Municipal
Human Development Index
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: 0.686 (2000)
*State ranking: 606 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 3,220 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Literacy rate: 73%
*Life expectancy: 72 (average of males and females)
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*Degree of urbanization: 66.53% (2000)
*Percentage of urban houses with sewage connections: 1.70%
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas is a Municipalities of Brazil, 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.
Histor ...
with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha
Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 12,378 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo O ...
with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul (; " Saint Cajetan of the South"), or simply São Caetano, 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 ...
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
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has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
See also
* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ...
References
1962 establishments in Minas Gerais
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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