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Monjolos is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais

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 2,303 living in a total area of 652 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion

Mesoregion (Brazil)

Mesoregions are subdivisions of Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics for statistical purposes and do not, therefore, constitute an administrative area....

of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion

Microregion (Brazil)

Microregions are legally defined administrative areas in Brazil consisting of groups of municipalities bordering urban areas. Microregions are grouped together into mesoregions....

of Curvelo

Curvelo

Curvelo is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the geodesic centre of Minas Gerais, 170 km. north of the capital, Belo Horizonte, and connected to the capital by highways MG 135 and BR 040. Its estimated population is 74.409 inhabitants and the...

. It became a municipality in 1962.

Monjolos is located at an elevation of 560 meters east of the Rio das Velhas, an important tributary of the São Francisco River

São Francisco River

The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...

. It is connected to the nearest major population center, Curvelo

Curvelo

, by state highway MG-220. As of 2001 this highway was not paved. The distance to Curvelo

Curvelo

is 50 km., and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

, is 247 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Santo Hipólito

Santo Hipólito

Santo Hipólito is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 3,541 living in a total area of 341 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a...

, Gouveia

Gouveia

Gouveia is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 300.6 km² and a total population of 15,792 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 3,759....

, Diamantina and Augusto de Lima

Augusto de Lima, Minas Gerais

Augusto de Lima is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 4,589 living in a total area of 1,250 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Central Mineira and to the statistical microregion of Curvelo. It became a...

.

The main economic activities are services, small industries, and agriculture. The production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations is also important. The GDP in 2005 was R$12 million, with 6 million from services, 700 thousand from industry, and 5 million from agriculture. There were 164 rural producers on 17,000 hectares of land. Only 22 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 600 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were beans and corn. There were 17,600 head of cattle (2006). There were no banks (2007) and 29 automobiles (36 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 79 inhabitants per automobile. This is much lower than the state average.
There were 2 health clinics. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Montes Claros or Curvelo. Educational needs were met by 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 pre-primary school.

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...

: 0.676 (2000)
State ranking: 651 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
National ranking: 3,353 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
Literacy rate: 76%
Life expectancy: 65 (average of males and females)

In 2000 the per capita income of R$145.00 was well below the state and national average of R$276.00 and R$297.00 respectively.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...

with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha

Setubinha

Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 10,834 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Teófilo Otoni...

with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul

São Caetano do Sul

São Caetano do Sul is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area. It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil and it also has the highest Human Development Index .-Geography:São Caetano do Sul is located on a plateau that is part of the...

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

Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

has the lowest rating in the country--0,467--putting it in last place.

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