- Indianópolis
Indianópolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of
Minas Gerais . Its population as of 2007 was 6,244 living in a total area of 834 km². The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion ofTriângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the statistical microregion ofUberlândia . It became a municipality in 1938. [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] ]Indianópolis is located at an elevation of 809 meters in the rich region known as the
Triângulo Mineiro . It is east ofUberlândia . Federal highway BR-365, which links the state boundary ofGoiás toPirapora in the north passes 16 kilometers north of the town.The distance to
Uberlândia is 59 km; and the distance toBelo Horizonte is 545 km. Neighboring municipalities are:Araguari andEstrela do Sul (N);Uberlândia (W) ;Uberaba (S);Nova Ponte (E) [ [http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/regioes/uberlandia/ Citybrazil] ]The main economic activity is industry. There is a Dow Chemical plant in the municipality. The GDP in 2005 was R$303,135,000.00, with 35,000,000.00 from services, 162,000,000.00 from industry, and 60,000,000.00 from agriculture. There were 422 rural producers on 34,000 hectares of land. 178 farms had tractors. The main crops were coffee, bananas, rubber, rice, beans, sorghum, corn, and soybeans. There were 19,000 head of cattle (2006) and 643,000 heads of poultry. [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] ]
The social indicators rank it in the top tier of municipalities in the state.
*MunicipalHuman Development Index : 0.764 (2000)
*State ranking: 192 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
*National ranking: 1469 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
*Literacy rate: 87%
*Life expectancy: 72 (average of males and females) [ [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto] ]The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was
Poços 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. [ [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto] ]References
ee also
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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
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