Indaiabira is amunicipality in the northeast of theBrazilianstate ofMinas Gerais. As of 2020[update] the population was 7,339 in a total area of 1,008 km2 (389 sq mi).[1] The elevation is 857 meters. It became a municipality in 1997.
Indaiabira is part of the statistical microregion ofSalinas. It is surrounded by the following municipalities:Rio Pardo de Minas,Vargem Grande do Rio Pardo,São João do Paraíso, andTaiobeiras. It is connected by poor roads to the regional center of Salinas to the south.
This is one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country. The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming with modest production of sugarcane, bananas, coffee, and rice. In 2006 there were 1,222 rural producers with a total area of 37,230 hectares. Cropland made up 4,000 hectares. There were only 45 tractors. In the urban area there were no financial institutions as of 2006[update]. There were 101 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 70 inhabitants. Health care was provided by 6 public health clinics. There were no hospitals.
MunicipalHuman Development Index
Note that at last count Brazil had 5,561 municipalities while Minas Gerais still had 853. The above figures can be compared with those ofPoços de Caldas, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state ofMinas Gerais. The highest in the country wasSão Caetano do Sul in the state ofSão Paulo with an MHDI of .919. The lowest wasManari in the state ofPernambuco with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004[update]. At last count[when?] Brazil had 5,561 municipalities. SeeFrigoletto
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