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Monte Azul is a municipality in the north of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The population is 20,696 (2020 est.) in an area of 994 km². The elevation is 582 meters. It became a municipality in 1878. The postal code (CEP) is 39500-000.

Monte Azul
Municipality
Location in Minas Gerais state
Monte Azul
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 15°9′19″S 42°51′32″W
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateMinas Gerais
Government
  MayorAlexandre Augusto (PMDB)
Area
  Total994 km2 (384 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total20,696
  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Websitewww.monteazul.mg.gov.br

The municipality contains part of the 53,264 hectares (131,620 acres) Caminho dos Gerais State Park, created in 2007.[2] Monte Azul is part of the statistical microregion of Janaúba. It is 627 km. from the state capital, Belo Horizonte and about 30 km. south of the state boundary with Bahia. It is connected by paved roads to the regional center of Janaúba to the south. It is on the Minas Gerais-Bahia railroad line, which last had passenger service in 1996.

The main economic activities are cattle raising (30,000 head in 2006) and farming with modest production of rice, beans, corn, and sorghum. In 2006 there were 2,531 rural producers with a total area of 66,342 hectares. Cropland made up 8,500 hectares and natural pasture 67,000 hectares. There were only 67 tractors a ratio of one for every 70 farms. In the urban area there were 2 financial institutions as of 2006. There were 1,212 automobiles, giving a ratio of about one automobile for every 19 inhabitants. The Gross Domestic Product was R$ 63,578,000 (2005), which was mainly generated by services. Health care was provided by 17 public health clinics. There was one private hospital with 17 beds (2005).

Settlement of this region goes back to colonial times. The first name was Tremedal and it belonged to the capitania of Bahia. The first chapel was built in 1818. In 1840 the district of Tremedal was transferred from Formiga (present day Montes Claros) to Grão Mogol. In 1850 it was a district of Rio Pardo de Minas. In 1878 it separated from Rio Pardo and became the municipality of Boa Vista do Tremedal. In 1887 it became a city. In 1938 the name was changed to Monte Azul because of the color of the nearby mountains.

Municipal Human Development Index


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References


  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Parque Estadual Caminho das Gerais (in Portuguese), Via Rural, archived from the original on 2017-01-31, retrieved 2017-01-18

На других языках


- [en] Monte Azul

[ru] Монти-Азул

Монти-Азул (порт. Monte Azul) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Минас-Жерайс. Составная часть мезорегиона Север штата Минас-Жерайс. Находится в составе крупной городской агломерации . Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Жанауба. Население составляет 22 820 человек на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 991,568 км². Плотность населения — 23,0 чел./км².



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