Mirabela is a

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' ...

in the north of the Brazilian

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

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 ...

. As of 2020 the population was 13,620 in a total area of 721 km². It became a municipality in 1962.

Geography

Mirabela is located at an elevation of 800 meters, 64 km. northwest of the regional center of

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. It is on highway BR-135, which connects Montes Claros to

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. It belongs to the statistical microregion of

. Neighboring municipalities are Brasília de Minas,

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, Patis,

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, and

. Distances *

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: 483 km. * Patis: 25 km. * Brasília de Minas: 38 km.

Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, 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$ 33,947,000. Mirabela is in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It suffers from isolation, poor soils, and periodic drought. As of 2007 there was 01 banking agency in the town. There was a small retail commerce serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 814 establishments employing about 2,000 workers. Only 50 of the farms had tractors. There were 550 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 19,500 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were beans, sugarcane, manioc, and corn. IBGE

Health and education

In the health sector there were 16 clinics and 01 hospital with 17 beds. In the educational sector there were 12 primary schools and 01 middle school. *Municipal

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income i ...

: 0.658 (2000) *State ranking: 717 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 3,633 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 74% *Life expectancy: 67 (average of males and females) *Percentage of population in urban area: 75.49 (2000) *Percentage of urban houses served by sewage system: 2.90 *Infant mortality rate: n/a The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was

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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.Frigoletto

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