Joaíma
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Joaíma is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 15,455 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara. Joaíma is located 27 km. south of the Jequitinhonha River. BR-116 is 58 km. to the west. The elevation is 294 meters. It became a municipality in 1948. Neighboring municipalities are: Jequitinhonha, Felisburgo, Monte Formoso, and Ponto dos Volantes.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Joaíma
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Joaíma.png
- Settlement.image_map
- MinasGerais Municip Joaima.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Minas Gerais
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Intermediate Geographic Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Teófilo Otoni
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Immediate Geographic Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Almenara
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1,664.190
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 292
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- joaimense
- Population
- 18304
- Area
- 1667.725
- Elevation
- 362
- Official website
- joaima.mg.gov.br
- Dialing code
- 33
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- Commons category
- Joaíma
- Human Development Index
- 0.646
- electorate
- 10836
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Joaíma is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 15,455 people living in a total area of . The city belongs to the Immediate Geographic Region of Almenara. Joaíma is located 27 km. south of the Jequitinhonha River. BR-116 is 58 km. to the west. The elevation is 294 meters. It became a municipality in 1948. Neighboring municipalities are: Jequitinhonha, Felisburgo, Monte Formoso, and Ponto dos Volantes.
==Economy== The main economic activities are cattle raising and the cultivation of coffee, sugarcane and corn. The GDP in 2006 was . There were 02 banking agencies . In the same year there were 392 automobiles, which was a ratio of one automobile for every 50 people. In the rural area there were 970 farms of which only 21 had tractors. Most of the farming practiced is on the subsistence level. There were 62,000 head of cattle in 2006. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils.
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