José Gonçalves de Minas (Portuguese pronunciation:[ʒoˈzɛɡõˈsawvizdʒiˈminɐs]) is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020[update] the population was 4,487 in a total area of 382 km².[1] The elevation of the town center is 546 meters. It is part of the IBGE statistical meso-region of Jequitinhonha and the micro-region of Capelinha. It became a municipality in 1997.
Location of José Gonçalves de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais
The economy is based on charcoal production, cattle raising and subsistence agriculture, with the main crops being beans, manioc, sugarcane, and corn. There are extensive plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production. In 2005 there were 254 rural producers but only 8 tractors. As of 2005[update] there were 3 public health clinics, none of which were equipped for diagnosis or general treatment. Educational needs were met by 6 primary schools and 1 middle school. There were 92 automobiles in 2006, giving a ratio of 50 inhabitants per automobile (there were 366 motorcycles). There were no banks in 2007.[2]
The above figures can be compared with those of Poços de Caldas, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of Minas Gerais. The highest in the country was São Caetano do Sul in the state of São Paulo with an MHDI of .919. The lowest was Manari in the state of Pernambuco with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004[update]. At last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing.[4]
josé, gonçalves, minas, portuguese, pronunciation, ʒoˈzɛ, ɡõˈsawviz, dʒi, ˈminɐs, municipality, northeast, brazilian, state, minas, gerais, 2020, update, population, total, area, elevation, town, center, meters, part, ibge, statistical, meso, region, jequitinh. Jose Goncalves de Minas Portuguese pronunciation ʒoˈzɛ ɡoˈsawviz dʒi ˈminɐs is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais As of 2020 update the population was 4 487 in a total area of 382 km 1 The elevation of the town center is 546 meters It is part of the IBGE statistical meso region of Jequitinhonha and the micro region of Capelinha It became a municipality in 1997 Location of Jose Goncalves de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais The economy is based on charcoal production cattle raising and subsistence agriculture with the main crops being beans manioc sugarcane and corn There are extensive plantations of eucalyptus trees for charcoal production In 2005 there were 254 rural producers but only 8 tractors As of 2005 update there were 3 public health clinics none of which were equipped for diagnosis or general treatment Educational needs were met by 6 primary schools and 1 middle school There were 92 automobiles in 2006 giving a ratio of 50 inhabitants per automobile there were 366 motorcycles There were no banks in 2007 2 Neighboring municipalities are Cristalia Grao Mogol Virgem da Lapa Berilo Francisco Badaro Chapada do Norte Leme do Prado and Botumirim The distance to Belo Horizonte is 529 km 3 Social indicators editJose Goncalves de Minas is ranked low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country in 2000 MHDI 646 2000 State ranking 758 out of 853 municipalities National ranking 3 835 out of 5 138 municipalities in 2000 Life expectancy 66 Literacy rate 70 Combined primary secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio 728 Per capita income monthly R 95 00 4 The above figures can be compared with those of Pocos de Caldas which had an MHDI of 841 the highest in the state of Minas Gerais The highest in the country was Sao Caetano do Sul in the state of Sao Paulo with an MHDI of 919 The lowest was Manari in the state of Pernambuco with an MHDI of 467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004 update At last count Brazil had 5 561 municipalities so this might have changed at the time of this writing 4 See also editList of municipalities in Minas GeraisReferences edit IBGE 2020 IBGE Archived 2007 01 09 at the Wayback Machine Distancias Minas Gerais Archived from the original on 2010 07 07 Retrieved 2008 07 23 a b Frigoletto Archived 2011 07 06 at the Wayback Machine 16 54 25 S 42 36 13 W 16 90694 S 42 60361 W 16 90694 42 60361 nbsp This geographical article relating to Minas Gerais is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jose Goncalves de Minas amp oldid 1165343247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
