Taiobeiras is a municipality in the north o the state o Minas Gerais in Brazil. As o 2007 the population wis 29,732 in a area o 1,194 km². The elevation o the municipal seat is 821 metres. It became a municipality in 1953. The postal code (CEP) is 39550-000 an it belangs tae the statistical microregion o Salinas[1]
Taiobeiras is locatit 44 km. north o Salinas on heich-gate MG-404. It is 704 km tae the state caipital, Belo Horizonte. [2]
Neighboring municipalities are:
The economy is based on agricultur wi some cattle raisin. There wur 18,000 heid in 2006. The main agricultural crops wur coffee, bananas, citrus fruits, mangoes, tomatoes, an corn. The GDP wis R$100,657,000 in 2005. In 2006, thare wur 1,221 landwart establishments employin 1,200 salariet wirkers. The total agricultural laund area wis 90,819 hectares. Thare wur 2 bankin agencies in the urban area. [4]
This municipality is isolatit frae major population centres an suffers frae drocht an poor soils.
State ranking: 544 oot o 853 municipalities as o 2000
Naitional rankin: 2,998 oot o 5,138 municipalities as o 2000 [5]
Halth clinics an hospitals: 2 basic clinics, 8 halth centres, an 1 hospital wi 65 beds [6]
The social an halth indicators wur: degree o urbanization--79.7%; Illeeteracy rate: 26.8%; coverage o sewage seestem in the urban area--0.60%; coverage o garbage collection in the urban area--85.4; an infant mortality--19.60. [6]
