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Espinosa, Minas Gerais

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Minas Gerais

Area
  
1,876 km²

Region
  
Southeast Region

Time zone
  
BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:34 PM

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Weather
  
27°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 45% Humidity

Espinosa is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its population was 32,151 (2015) and its area is 1,869 km². The elevation is 572 meters.

Map of Espinosa - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

The municipality contains part of the 53,264 hectares (131,620 acres) Caminho dos Gerais State Park, created in 2007. Espinosa belongs to the IBGE microregion of Janaúba. It is connected to that city by BR-122. It is a short distance south of the boundary with the state of Bahia.

The main economic activities are cattle raising, small transformation industries, and agriculture. In 2006, there were 32,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural crops were cotton, sugarcane, corn, and sorghum. In 2007 there were two financial institutions. The GDP (2005)was R$ 84,238,000. There was one hospital with 32 beds (2005). There were 1,485 automobiles in 2007, a ratio of one automobile for every 21 inhabitants.

Municipal Human Development Index

  • MHDI: .657 (2000)
  • State ranking: 721 out of 853 municipalities
  • National ranking: 3,661 out of 5,138 municipalities
  • Life expectancy: 67
  • Literacy rate: 70 For the complete list see Frigoletto
  • References

    Espinosa, Minas Gerais Wikipedia