Machacalis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of

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 as of 2020 was 7,111 living in a total area of 329 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the statistical

microregion Microregion is a designation for territorial entities. Austria Brazil Klaus Roth and Ulf Brunnbauer A microregion is a geographic region of a size between that of a community and that of a district.p. 18, "What's in a Region? Southeast Europ ...

Nanuque Nanuque is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, in the southeastern region of Brazil, belonging to Mucuri Valley and the Nanuque region. The relief consists of inselbergs and seas of hills, and the Serra dos Aimorés as predominant charac ...

. It became a municipality in 1954. Machacalis is located at an elevation of 285 metres, 18 kilometres west of the state boundary with

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 nearest major population centre is

Teófilo Otoni Teófilo Otoni is a municipality in northeast Minas Gerais, Brazil. The population of the municipality was 140,937 in 2020 and the area is 3,242.818 km2. Origin of the name The city is named after (Vila do Príncipe, 27 January 1807 - Rio d ...

. The population lived mainly in the rural areas. The distance to

is 210 km; and the distance to the state capital,

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...

, is 636 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Águas Formosas, Fronteira dos Vales,

Santa Helena de Minas Santa Helena de Minas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 6,386 in a total area of . The elevation is . It became a municipality in 1997. Santa Helena de Minas is part of the statisti ...

Bertópolis Bertópolis is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 4,607 in a total area of 426 km². The elevation is 278 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. The postal code (CEP) is 39875-0 ...

, Umburatiba and

Crisólita Crisólita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 6,760 in a total area of 970 km². The elevation is 282 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Nanuque. The ...

. The main economic activities are services, and

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

. The GDP in 2005 was R$23 million, with 15 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 5 million from agriculture. There were 308 rural producers on 27,000 hectares of land. Only 11 farms had tractors (2006). 4,000 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coconuts, sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 33,000 head of cattle (2006). There was 1 bank (2007) and 270 automobiles (235 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 25 inhabitants per automobile. The social indicators rank it in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state. *Municipal

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: 0.637 (2000) *State ranking: 772 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 3,980 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 72% *Life expectancy: 63 (average of males and females) 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

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has the lowest rating in the country--0,467--putting it in last place. There were 3 health clinics and 1 hospital with 58 beds (2006). Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 5 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 pre-primary schools.IBGE

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