São João da Lagoa is amunicipality in the north of theBrazilianstate ofMinas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 4,932 in a total area of 990 km2.[1] It became a municipality in 1995.
São João da Lagoa is located at an elevation of 835 meters between theSão Francisco River andMontes Claros. It is connected by state highway (partially paved) toCoração de Jesus. It belongs to the statistical microregion ofMontes Claros. Neighboring municipalities areCoração de Jesus,Claro dos Poções,Ibiaí andLagoa dos Patos.
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The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, andsubsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$14,576,000. São João da Lagoa is in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It suffers from isolation, poor soils, and periodic drought. As of 2007 there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail commerce serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In therural area there were 818 establishments employing about 1,500 workers. Only 59 of the farms had tractors. There were 117 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 28,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were beans, sugarcane, manioc, and corn.[2]
In the health sector there were 02 clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector there were 03 primary schools and 01 middle school.[2]
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 wasPoços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest wasSetubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest wasSão Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities)Manari in the state ofPernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.[3]
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