Jequitinhonha is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
The population as of 2020 [update] was estimated to be 25,474 people living in a total area of 3,518 km². [1] The city belongs to the mesoregion of Jequitinhonha and to the microregion of Almenara. [2]
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. [3]
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 [update] . 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. [4] This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
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