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Fronteira dos Vales

Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais


Summary

Brazilian municipality in Minas Gerais

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nameFronteira dos Vales, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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official_nameMunicípio de Fronteira dos Vales
Municipality of Fronteira dos Vales
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image_flagFronteira dos Valesmgbandeira.png
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image_mapMinasGerais Municip FronteiradosVales.svg
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_type2State
subdivision_nameBrazil
subdivision_name1Southeast
subdivision_name2Minas Gerais
leader_titleMayor
established_title2Incorporated (as city)
area_total_km2320,757
population_total4345
timezoneBRT
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postal_code_typePostal Code
postal_code39870-000

Municipality of Fronteira dos Vales

Fronteira dos Vales is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-east of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was 4,561 living in a total area of 318 km2. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the statistical microregion of Nanuque. It became a municipality in 1963.

Geography

Fronteira dos Vales is located at an elevation of 307 m between the Rio Mucuri and the Rio Pampã. The nearest major population centre is Teófilo Otoni. The name came about because of the position between the two river valleys.

The distance to Teófilo Otoni is 182 km; and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 725 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Santa Helena de Minas, Águas Formosas, Machacalis and Joaíma.

Economy

The main economic activities are services, and subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$12 million, with 9 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 2 million from agriculture. There were 455 rural producers on 21000 ha of land. As of 2006, only five farms had tractors. A thousand persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coconuts, sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 16,000 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 65 automobiles (98 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 75 inhabitants per automobile.

Social indicators

The social indicators rank it in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state.

  • Municipal Human Development Index: 0.599 (2000)
  • State ranking: 835 out of 853 municipalities
  • National ranking: 4,675 out of 5,138 municipalities
  • Literacy rate: 59%
  • Life expectancy: 67 (average of males and females)

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.

Health and education

There were six health clinics and no hospitals in 2006. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by six primary schools, a middle school, and a pre-primary school.

References

References

  1. [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/mg/fronteira-dos-vales/panorama IBGE 2020]
  2. [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] {{webarchive. link. (June 11, 2008)
  3. "Citybrazil".
  4. [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] {{webarchive. link. (June 11, 2008)
  5. [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto]
  6. [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto]
  7. [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] {{webarchive. link. (June 11, 2008)
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