Pedra Azul | |
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 Location inBrazil | |
  Pedra Azul | |
| Coordinates:16°00′18″S41°17′49″W / 16.00500°S 41.29694°W /-16.00500; -41.29694 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State | Minas Gerais |
| Founded | June 1, 1912 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ricardo Mendes Pinto |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,618.686 km2 (624.978 sq mi) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 24,329 |
| • Density | 15.3/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.660 –medium |
Pedra Azul (Portuguese for "blue stone") is a Brazilianmunicipality in thestate ofMinas Gerais, located in the northeast of the state, in theJequitinhonha River valley region. The population in 2020 was 24,329 in a total area of 1,619 km2.
The city belongs to the mesoregion ofJequitinhonha and to the microregion of Pedra Azul. The elevation of the municipal seat is 617 meters. It became a municipality in 1911. This municipality is located 16 km. to the east of the important BR-116 highway, which linksRio de Janeiro toSalvador. The boundary with the state ofBahia is 49 km. to the northeast.
Pedra Azul is also a statistical microregion that includes the following municipalities:Cachoeira de Pajeú,Comercinho,Itaobim,Medina, and Pedra Azul.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$111,200,000 (2005). There were 2 banking agencies in 2006. In the rural area there were 570 farms with around 1,700 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 58 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 10 farms. The main crops were bananas, coffee, passion fruit, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 10 health clinics and 1 hospital with 66 beds. The score on the MunicipalHuman Development Index was 0.660. This ranked Pedra Azul 709 out of 853 municipalities in the state, withPoços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 andSetubinha in last place with 0.568. SeeFrigolettoArchived 2011-07-06 at theWayback Machine for the complete list.
| Climate data for Pedra Azul (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.5 (83.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 22.5 (72.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.2 (59.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.8 (64.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 113.9 (4.48) | 64.2 (2.53) | 131.1 (5.16) | 61.4 (2.42) | 29.7 (1.17) | 11.3 (0.44) | 11.9 (0.47) | 8.4 (0.33) | 18.0 (0.71) | 52.3 (2.06) | 164.3 (6.47) | 187.2 (7.37) | 853.7 (33.61) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 70 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72.2 | 70.3 | 74.2 | 75.4 | 76.8 | 76.7 | 74.9 | 70.7 | 67.3 | 66.9 | 72.7 | 74.4 | 72.7 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 224.3 | 218.7 | 215.8 | 194.7 | 191.7 | 174.3 | 185.1 | 204.8 | 199.3 | 207.1 | 159.7 | 179.3 | 2,354.8 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[2] | |||||||||||||
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