Felisburgo
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Felisburgo is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
The population as of 2020[update] was estimated to be 7,504 people living in a total area of 594 km2.[1] The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara.[2]
Divisópolis is located south of the Jequitinhonha River on a tributary called Rio Rubim de Sul. The elevation is 638 meters. It became a municipality in 1962.
Neighboring municipalities are: Rio do Prado, Rubim, Jequitinhonha, Joaíma and Fronteira dos Vales.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was R$19,983,000. There was 01 banking agency as of 2007[update]. In the same year there were 167 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 400 people. In the rural area there were 273 producers of which only 33 had tractors. There were 27,000 head of cattle in 2006.[3]
This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
- Municipal Human Development Index: .642 (2000)
- State ranking: 766 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000[update]
- National ranking: 3,884 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000[update]
- Degree of urbanization: 72.84% (2000)--the rate for Minas Gerais was 82.0%
- Illiteracy rate: 36.16% (15 years old or older) The rate for Minas Gerais was 11.96%; the rate for Brazil was 13.63%
- Urban area covered by sewage system: 70.30%--the rate for Minas Gerais was 81.39%
- Health clinics, health centers, and hospitals: 02, 02, 01 with 59 beds[5]
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