Frutal
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The Municipality of Frutal |
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 Location of Frutal |
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| Coordinates: 20°1′S 48°56′W / 20.017°S 48.933°WCoordinates: 20°1′S 48°56′W / 20.017°S 48.933°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil
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| Region | Southeast | ||
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 Minas Gerais
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Maria Cecilia Marchi Borges (PR) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 2,427 km2 (937 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010/IBGE) | |||
| • Total | 53,468 | ||
| • Density | 22.03/km2 (57.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| Postal Code | 38.200-000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +55 34 | ||
| Website | Prefecture of Frutal | ||
Frutal is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The population, measured in 2010 by the IBGE, is of 53,468 inhabitants. The city has an area of 2,427 km². Frutal is located in the region known as the "Triângulo Mineiro".
Frutal is the seat of a statistical microregion with 12 municipalities: Campina Verde, Carneirinho, Comendador Gomes, Fronteira, Frutal, Itapagipe, Iturama, Limeira do Oeste, Pirajuba, Planura, São Francisco de Sales, and União de Minas. In 2010 the population of this region was 179,512 inhabitants. The area is 16,840 km², with a population density of 10.66 inhab/km².
The city is located at an elevation of 485 meters just north of the Grande River, a tributary of the Paraná River. It is 8 km east of federal highway BR-153 (Transbrasiliana). Neighboring municipalities are:
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The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, light industry, food processing, and agriculture. The GDP in 2008 was R$ 692,216,000. Frutal is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were 06 banking agencies in the town. There was a dynamic retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 1,574 establishments occupying about 3,800 workers. 530 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in three. There were 10,726 automobiles in all of the municipality, about one for every 9 inhabitants.
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