Caranaíba
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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 3,445 people living in an area of 160km². The elevation varies between 700 meters and 1,231 meters. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena. The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 822 meters in a valley in the Serra do Espinhaço.
Municipal limits are with Carandaí
Carandaí
Carandaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The population in 2007 22,240 people in a total area of 486 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena....
, Capela Nova
Capela Nova
Capela Nova is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2006 is estimated to be 4,834 people living in an area of 110 km². The elevation is 935 mts. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena, which lies...
, Rio Espera
Rio Espera
Rio Espera is a small town in Minas Gerais, BrazilThe town has 6594 inhabitants and is 3 km to the southeast of Belo Horizonte.. The town was founded in 1710 when a group of Portuguese explorers, coming from São Paulo, stopped beside a brook to wait for their companions. The site was...
, Cristiano Otoni
Cristiano Otoni
Cristiano Otoni is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
and Santana dos Montes
Santana dos Montes
Santana dos Montes is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
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Caranaíba is 14 km. east of the important BR-040 highway, to which it is connected by a paved inter-municipal road. There are dirt roads connecting with the neighboring municipalities of Capela Nova
Capela Nova
Capela Nova is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2006 is estimated to be 4,834 people living in an area of 110 km². The elevation is 935 mts. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena, which lies...
and Santana dos Montes
Santana dos Montes
Santana dos Montes is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
. It is in an area of rolling hills, many of which are still covered by tropical vegetation. The small farms produce coffee, rice, corn. There is also production of milk and cheese.
There is one state school offering primary and middle levels. There are 6 municipal primary schools in the villages of Baêta, Campinho, Bernardo Corrêa, Catalão and Sals.
The streets of the municipal seat are paved with stone. There is drinking water supplied by springs and the urban area is covered by a sewage system. There is one health clinic in the municipal seat.
On the Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
The 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...
Caranaíba had a rating of 706 (2000).
- Life expectancy: 70 years in 2000
- Literacy rate: 85.3 in 2000
- State ranking: 518 out of 852 municipalities
- National ranking: 2,889 out of 5,138 municipalities