Jordânia
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Jordânia is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais
. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara
. As of 2007 the population was 10,751 in a total area of 549 km².
Jordânia is located on the state boundary with Bahia
. It is linked to the major population center of Almenara by poor roads. The elevation is 198 meters. It became a municipality in 1948.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$27,629,000 in 2005. The main cash crop was coffee. There were 143 automobiles in 2007. No banking agencies were listed for that year. In the rural zone there were 611 producers with a total planted area of 1,500 hectares. Most of the land was in natural pasture or woodland. Only 10 of the farms had tractors in 2006.
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...
. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara
Almenara, Minas Gerais
Almenara is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Situated on the Jequitinhonha River it is the largest town in that river valley. Its 2007 population was estimated at 36,907 and the municipal area was 2,301 km²....
. As of 2007 the population was 10,751 in a total area of 549 km².
Jordânia is located on the state boundary with 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...
. It is linked to the major population center of Almenara by poor roads. The elevation is 198 meters. It became a municipality in 1948.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and subsistence farming. The GDP was R$27,629,000 in 2005. The main cash crop was coffee. There were 143 automobiles in 2007. No banking agencies were listed for that year. In the rural zone there were 611 producers with a total planted area of 1,500 hectares. Most of the land was in natural pasture or woodland. Only 10 of the farms had tractors in 2006.
- 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...
: .647 (2000) - State ranking: 754 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 3,818 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Degree of urbanization: 71.55% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
- Illiteracy rate: 30.16% (15 years old or older) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63%
- Urban area covered by sewage system: 79.10%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
- Infant mortality rate: 15.15--the rate for Minas Gerais was 17.40
- Health centers, and hospitals: 03 health centers and 01 hospital with 40 beds.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais