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Monte Alegre de Minas

Town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Monte Alegre de Minas
Summary

Town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Location of Monte Alegre de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Monte Alegre de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 15,790 living in a total area of 2,593 km2. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the statistical microregion of Uberlândia. It became a municipality in 1870.

Geography

Monte Alegre is located at an elevation of 730 m in the rich region known as the Triângulo Mineiro. It is east of Uberlândia and south of the great hydroelectric station and reservoir of Itumbiara. Federal highway BR-365, which links the state boundary of Goiás to Pirapora in the north passes on the edge of the town.

The distance to Uberlândia is 68 km; the distance to Itumbiara is 80 km; and the distance to Belo Horizonte is 601 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Araporã and Tupaciguara to the north; Centralina to the west; Prata to the south, and Uberlândia to the east.

Economy

The main economic activities are industry, services, and agriculture, especially the growing of pineapple and sugarcane. The GDP in 2005 was R$209,000, with 73,000 from services, 7,000 from industry, and 120,000 from agriculture. There were 1,486 rural producers on 205,000 ha of land. There were tractors on 473 farms. The main crops were oranges, pineapple, bananas, sugarcane (8,500 ha), soybeans (30,000 ha), and corn. There were 132,000 head of cattle (2006) and over one million chickens.

Municipal social indicators

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

  • Municipal Human Development Index: 0.759 (2000)
  • State ranking: 215 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
  • National ranking: 1,608 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
  • Literacy rate: 87%
  • Life expectancy: 70 (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.

References

References

  1. "City Population".
  2. [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE]
  3. "Citybrazil".
  4. [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto]
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