Cedro do Abaeté

Cedro do Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 1,203 in a total area of 280 km². It became a municipality in 1962.

Location

Cedro do Abaeté belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 931 meters between the Indaiá River and the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are:
*North: Paineiras
*West: Tiros
*South: Quartel Geral
*East: Abaeté [ [http://www.citybrazil.com.br/mg/regioes/tresmarias/ Citybrazil] ]

Distances

*Três Marias: 176 km
*Abaeté: 34 km
*Belo Horizonte: 249 Connections to the east and west are made on MG-352. [ [http://www.der.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=179 DER MG] ] [ [http://www.aondefica.com/centerleft_mg.asp Aonde fica] ]

Economic Activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ R$6 million of which 4 million came from services. Cedro do Abaeté is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. There were 119 automobiles in all of the municipality (2007), about one for every 10 inhabitants. [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] ]

In the rural area there were 95 establishments occupying 13,000 hectares (2006). About 150 persons were employed in agriculture. 06 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in fifteen farms. There were 7,800 head of cattle in 2006. In permanent crops there were 14 ha. planted, while in perennial crops 107 ha. were planted (2006). The main crops were rice, sugarcane and corn. [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] ]

Health and Education

In the health sector there was 03 health clinics. In the educational sector there were 02 primary schools and 01 middle school. [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE] ]

*Municipal Human Development Index: 0.746 (2000)
*State ranking: 302 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
*National ranking: 1,938 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
*Literacy rate: 82%
*Life expectancy: 74 (average of males and females)

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São 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 of Pernambuco 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

* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais