Rubim 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 northeast of the
Brazil
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ian
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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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 ...
. Its population in 2020 was 10,256 inhabitants in a total area of 969 km
2.
IBGE 2020
/ref> Neighboring municipalities are: Almenara, Jacinto, Santa Maria do Salto, Palmópolis
Palmópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 5,349 inhabitants in a total area of 436 km².
Overview
Palmópolis belon ...
, Rio do Prado, 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 Felisburgo
Felisburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.The population was estimated to be 7,504 people living in a total area of 594 km2. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara. ...
. The distance to Almenara, the regional center, is 36 km to the northwest. The elevation of the municipal seat is 254 meters. It became a municipality in 1943. This municipality is located in the valley of the Rubim do Sul River, a tributary 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. ...
.
Economics and social indicators
The main economic activities are cattle raising, and subsistence farming. The GDP was in 2005. There was 01 banking agency in 2006. There were 216 automobiles in 2007. The main cash crop was coffee. In the health sector there were 6 health clinics and 1 hospital with 58 beds. The score on the 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 ...
was 0.625 (medium). This ranked Rubim 797th out of 853 municipalities in the state, with 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 ...
in first place with 0.841 and 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 ...
in last place with 0.568. Se
Frigoletto
for the complete list. In 2006 there were 454 rural farms with 500 hectares of planted area. Most of the rural area was natural pasture or woodland. Only 05 of the farms had tractors.
*Illiteracy rate: 32.30%
*Infant mortality rate: 19.23
*Degree of urbanization: 77.94%
*Life expectancy: 61.3 (average of male and female)
*Percentage of urban residences connected to sewage system: 60.40 (All data are from 2000)
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
External links
Statistics from IBGECitybrazilSocial indicators for Rubim
Municipalities in Minas Gerais
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