Minas Gerais, Brazil · South America
São Gonçalo do Abaeté sits on the route: 25 minutes from Varjão de Minas.
São Gonçalo do Abaeté is a town located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a population of 7,375, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, São Gonçalo do Abaeté sits in Brazil, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Sao Paulo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add São Gonçalo do Abaeté to your route.
São Gonçalo do Abaeté is a municipality in the north of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its population in 2020 was 8,459 inhabitants in a total area of 2,687 km2. It is a large producer of cattle and grains.
São Gonçalo do Abaeté belongs to the Paracatu statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipalRead more
seat is 789 meters. It became a municipality in 1943. This municipality is located 11 km. southeast of the federal highway BR-365. The municipal area is crossed by the Abaeté River, which is a tributary of the São Francisco River. The distance to Belo Horizonte is 380 km.
Municipal boundaries are with: Buritizeiro, João Pinheiro, Varjão de Minas, Tiros, Morada Nova de Minas, Três Marias and Presidente Olegário.
The climate is humid sub-tropical with an annual average of 22 °C. The year can be divided into a rainy season and a dry season with little temperature variation between the two.
The main economic activities are cattle raising and farming. There were 68,000 head of cattle in 2006. The GDP was R$61,277,000 (2003). In agriculture the main products cultivated are bananas, rubber, coffee, rice, corn, soybeans, beans and wheat. There is also production of charcoal from eucalyptus plantations. The charcoal is used in the metal foundries of the Belo Horizonte region. There is one bank branch in the town. In the health sector there were 05 health clinics (2007).
In the rural area there were 481 farms and a total agricultural area of 164,000 hectares, of which 5,200 ha. were planted, 116,000 were in natural pasture, and 37,000 ha. were in woodland or forest. 1,100 people were dependent on farming. 95 of the farms had tractors.
The score on the Municipal Human Development Index was 0.739. This ranked São Gonçalo do Abaeté 356 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568.
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São Gonçalo do Abaeté is located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America. The coordinates are -18.3383 latitude, -45.8333 longitude.
São Gonçalo do Abaeté has a population of approximately 7,375 people, making it a town in Brazil.
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