Desterro do Melo

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Desterro do Melo
Municipality
Municipality of Desterro do Melo
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Seal
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Location in the state of Minas Gerais
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
State Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg  Minas Gerais
Region Southeast
Intermediate Region Barbacena
Immediate Region Barbacena
Founded1 March 1963
Government
 • MayorMayara García Lopes da Silva Tafuri (PTB)
Area
 • Total
142.279 km2 (54.934 sq mi)
Elevation
1,085 m (3,560 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
2,867
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Demonym melense
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
36210-000 to 36211-999
HDI (2010)0.631 – medium [2]
Website www.desterrodomelo.mg.gov.br

Desterro do Melo is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais.

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Overview

Its population in 2020 was 2,884 people in a total area of 142 km². [3] The altitude of the municipal seat is 1,085 meters. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena.

Desterro do Melo lies to the east of Barbacena and is connected to this regional center b MG-135. The distance is 35 km. The region is characterized by low mountains, many of which still retain natural tropical forest. Like most of the municipalities in this region there is cultivation of coffee, bananas, rice, sugarcane, beans, and corn. Farms are small and cattle raising is mainly for milk and cheese production. In 2007 there were 293 automobiles in the municipality. There was one health clinic, 5 primary schools, and one middle school (2005).

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References

  1. ↑ "IBGE Desterro do Melo". IBGE . Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ IBGE 2020

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