Águas Formosas is aBrazilianmunicipality located in the north-east of thestate ofMinas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 19,247 living in a total area of 817 km2.[1] The city belongs to the statisticalmesoregion ofVale do Mucuri and to the statisticalmicroregion ofNanuque. It became a municipality in 1938.[2]
Águas Formosas is located at an elevation of 273 meters in the Rio Pampã valley. It is east of the important federal highway BR-116 to which it is connected by state highways MG-105 and 409. The nearest major population center isTeófilo Otoni.
The distance toTeófilo Otoni is 158 km; and the distance to state capitalBelo Horizonte is 613 km. Neighboring municipalities are:Fronteira dos Vales (N);Machacalis (E);Crisólita (S); andNovo Oriente de Minas (W).[3]
The main economic activities are services, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$60 million, with 41 million from services, 6 million from industry, and 9 million from agriculture. There were 866 rural producers on 57,000 hectares of land. Only 17 farms had tractors (2006). 2,500 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 55,000 head of cattle (2006). There were 2 banks (2007) and 681 automobiles (508 motorcycles), giving a ratio of 28 inhabitants per automobile.[2]
The social indicators rank it in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state.
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.[4]
There were 6 health clinics and one private hospital with 87 beds in 2005. Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni. Educational needs were met by 31 primary schools, 2 middle schools, and 5 pre-primary schools.[2]
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