Águas Vermelhas

Águas Vermelhas is a city in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 its population was estimated to be 12,674 in a total area of 1,258 km².

The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Salinas. The elevation of the municipal seat is 758 meters. It became a municipality in 1962. This municipality is located on the Rio Mosquito and is 13 km. west of the important BR-116 highway. It forms a boundary with the state of Bahia.

Municipal boundaries are with: Ninheira, Divisa Alegre, Curral de Dentro, Berizal, São João do Paraíso, and Medina.

The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. The GDP was R$50,544,000 (2005). There was 1 banking agency in 2006. In the rural area there were 596 farms with around 2,000 people involved in the agricultural sector. There were 63 tractors, a ratio of one tractor for every 10 farms. The main crops were coffee, bananas, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn. In the health sector there were 4 health clinics and 01 hospital with 46 beds. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index was 0.628. This ranked Divisa Alegre 792 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568. See [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto] for the complete list.

References
* [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php Statistics from IBGE]

See also
*List of municipalities in Minas Gerais