Turmalina is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian 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 ...

. As of 2020, the population was 20,125 in a total area of 1,153 km². The elevation of the urban area is 718 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region 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 the micro-region of Capelinha. It became a municipality in 1949. The economy is based on cattle raising, 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 ...

, with the main crops being coffee, rice, beans, sugarcane, and corn. There were plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005, there were 1,053 rural producers but only 18 tractors. 3,900 persons were dependent on agriculture. As of 2005, there were 13 public health clinics, with 1 of them carrying out diagnosis and complete therapy. There was one hospital with 72 beds. Educational needs were met by 17 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 2 nursery schools. There were 1,101 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 17 inhabitants per automobile (there were 1,988 motorcycles). In 2007, one branch of a bank serviced the area. 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), ...

Botumirim Botumirim is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 6,288 in a total area of 1,572 km2. The elevation is 948 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography Botumirim i ...

, Capelinha,

Carbonita Carbonita is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 9,414 in a total area of 1,454 km2. The elevation of the town center is 751 meters. The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region ...

, Leme do Prado,

Minas Novas Minas Novas is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020, the population was 31,497 in a total area of 1,810 km². The elevation of the urban area is 635 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region ...

and Veredinha. The distance to

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is 500 km.

Social indicators

Turmalina is ranked average on the MHDI and was in the middle tier of the municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000. *MHDI: .705 (2000) *State ranking: 524 out of 853 municipalities *National ranking: 2,913 out of 5,138 municipalities in 2000 *Life expectancy: 71 *Literacy rate: 77 *Combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio: .758 *Per capita income (monthly): R$125.00 Frigoletto
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The figures above can be compared with those of

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 ...

, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of

. The highest in the country 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 the state of

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with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was Manari in the state of

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with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004. At last count, Brazil had 5,561 municipalities.

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Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub

Social indicators

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