Sacramento, Minas Gerais

Sacramento is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 22,159 people living in a total area of 3,071 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba and to the micro-region of Araxá. It became a municipality in 1820.

Sacramento is located at an elevation of 832 (city center) meters, in the Rio das Velhas valley. Neighboring municipalities are: Perdizes (N), Araxá and Tapira (NE), São Roque de Minas and Delfinópolis (SE), Ibiraci (S), Pedregulho and Rifaina (SW), Conquista and Uberaba, and Nova Ponte and Santa Juliana (NW).

Sacramento is connected to Uberaba by state highway MG-190 and national highway BR-262. The distance to Uberaba is 72 kilometers; Conquista is 22 km to the southwest; Araxá is 82 km to the northeast. The nearest railroad is in Uberaba.

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The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$681 million, with 97 million reais from taxes, 132 million reais from services, 325 million reais from industry, and 125 million reais from agriculture. In 2005 there were 128 industrial units employing 1,325 workers. There were 976 rural producers on 155,000 hectares of land. The high elevation means the land is suitable for coffee growing. 355 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 3,000 persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops are coffee, potatoes, rice, soybeans, wheat, beans, and corn. There were 22,000 head of cattle (2006), most of which were raised for milk and cheese production.

There were 4 banks (2007) and 4,764 automobiles (2007), giving a ratio of 5 inhabitants per automobile.

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