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Jequitinhonha is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
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Map of Jequitinhonha - State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Location
The population as of 2007 was estimated to be 23,982 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara.
Jequitinhonha is located on the river of the same name. The elevation is 223 meters. It became a municipality in 1911. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte is 582 km.
Neighboring municipalities are: Joaíma, Felisburgo, Rubim, Almenara, Pedra Azul and Sao Pedro do Jequitinhonha.
The municipality contains most of the 50,890 hectares (125,800 acres) Mata Escura Biological Reserve, created in 2003.
Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$66,471,000. There were 02 banking agencies as of 2007. In the same year there were 699 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 30 people. In the rural area there were 1,905 producers of which only 51 had tractors. There were 88,000 head of cattle in 2006. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.