Urucuia 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

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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 ...

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. As of 2020 the population was 17,173 in an area of . The elevation of the municipal seat is 498 meters. It became a municipality in 1993. The postal code (CEP) is 39315-000 and it belongs to the statistical microregion of

Januária Januária is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River. The population was 67,852 inhabitants (IBGE 2020) and the area of the municipality was 6,691 km2 (2007). Muni ...

Urucuia is located in an isolated region between the

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and the

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It is connected by dirt road to

Arinos Arinos is a municipality in northern Minas Gerais state in Brazil. Arinos is located east of the Federal District on the Urucuia River, a major tributary of the São Francisco. The city is 333 km from Brasília. The municipality belongs to ...

and to

São Romão São Romão is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 12,529 in a total area of 2,432 km². It became a municipality in 1943. History Guaiba, an extinct Jê language, was ...

on the São Francisco River. It lies on the left bank of the Urucuia Rivers, a tributary of the São Francisco. The economy is based on agriculture with emphasis on cattle raising. There were 35,000 head in 2006. The main agricultural crops were coffee, coconuts, manioc, and corn. The GDP was R$39,297,000 in 2005. In 2006 there were 4,300 people connected to agriculture among whom were 700 salaried workers. There were no banking agencies. This municipality is extremely isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils. It is one of the poorest in the state and in the country. Like many impoverished districts it fought for municipal autonomy to apply for government assistance programs. *Municipal

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: .675 (2000) *State ranking: 653 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 3,372 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 Frigoletto
/ref> *Health clinics and hospitals: 1 basic clinics, 2 health centers, and 1 hospital with 36 beds *Life expectancy: 69.2 (2004)Indicators
/ref> The social and health indicators were: degree of urbanization—44.9%; Literacy rate: 77.6; coverage of sewage system in the urban area—0.10%; coverage of garbage collection in the urban area—67.9; and infant mortality—18.60.

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