Bandeira, Minas Gerais
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. Its population as of 2007 was estimated to be 5,337 people living in a total area of 484 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara
Almenara
Almenara can refer to:* Almenara, Minas Gerais, a city in Brazil* Almenara de Adaja, a municipality in Valladolid province, Spain* Almenara de Tormes, a municipality in Salamanca province, Spain* Puebla de Almenara, a municipality in Cuenca province, Spain...
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Bandeira is located 37 km. northeast of Almenara
Almenara
Almenara can refer to:* Almenara, Minas Gerais, a city in Brazil* Almenara de Adaja, a municipality in Valladolid province, Spain* Almenara de Tormes, a municipality in Salamanca province, Spain* Puebla de Almenara, a municipality in Cuenca province, Spain...
, just south of the boundary with the state of Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
. Highway connections are poor making the region isolated.
The elevation was 292 meters. Bandeiras became a municipality in 1962. The main economic activities are cattle raising (22,000 head in 2006) and the cultivation of cacao, oranges, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$15,053,000. There were no banking agencies as of 2007. In the same year there were 63 automobiles.
This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
- Municipal Human Development IndexHuman Development IndexThe Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
: .619 (2000) - State ranking: 806 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 4,325 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Degree of urbanization: 44.02% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
- Illiteracy rate: 37.99% (15 years old or older)(Data from 2000) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63%
- Urban area covered by sewage system: 80.00%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
- Health clinics, health centers, and hospitals: 2, 1. There were no hospitals.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais