Monte Formoso is a
Brazilian municipality
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located in the northeastern part of the
state
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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 ...
. The city belongs to the IBGE statistical mesoregion of
Jequitinhonha
Jequitinhonha () is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
Geography
The population was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequ ...
and to the microregion of
Almenara. As of 2020 the population was 4,923 in an area of 384 km
2IBGE 2020
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Due to its isolation and poor soils for agriculture, Monte Formoso is one of the poorest municipalities in the country. The main economic activities were cattle raising and modest production of coffee, sugarcane, beans, and rice. As of 2007 there were no financial institutions. In the same year there were 56 automobiles, 10 trucks, 13 pickup trucks and 81 motorcycles. In the rural area there were 384 producers on 17,000 hectares. Only 2 of the farms had tractors in 2006. There were 4 public health clinics and no hospital as of 2006.
Social indicators
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 ...
*MHDI: 0.570 (2000)
*State ranking: 852 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 5,115 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Life expectancy: 60
*Literacy rate: 61 For the complete list se
Frigoletto
*Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .733
*Per capita income (monthly): R$63.02 For the complete list se
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
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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