Caratinga
| Município de Caratinga "Cidade das Palmeiras"
Caratinga
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| Coordinates | 19 ° 47 ′ S , 42 ° 8 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Minas Gerais
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| founding | February 6, 1890 city rights (130 years) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Minas Gerais | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MG | ||
| Metropolitan area | Vale do Aço | ||
| height | 578 m | ||
| climate | tropical semi-humid, Aw | ||
| surface | 1,258.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 85,239 (2010) | ||
| density | 67.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 92,062 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 3113404 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 33 | ||
| Website | www.caratinga.mg (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Welington Moreira de Oliveira (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | Democratas | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 1,608,693 thousand R $ 17,516 R $ per capita (2017) |
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| HDI | 0.706 (high) (2010) | ||
Caratinga , officially Portuguese Município de Caratinga , is a city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais . In the 2010 census year there were 85,239 people in Caratinga. The population was estimated at 1 July 2019 92,062 residents who Caratinguenser ( caratinguenses ) are called. The urban area of the main town is around 16 km², the total area around 1258.5 km², the arithmetical population density is 68 people per km². The distance to the capital Belo Horizonte is 311 km. Caratinga is part of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area .
The community area has an unusual shape: three larger areas are connected by narrow corridors.
The biome is Mata Atlântica . Surrounding communities are Inhapim in the northeast , Imbé de Minas , Piedade de Caratinga , Ubaporanga , Iapu and Ipaba in the north-west, Santana do Paraíso in the north-west, Ipatinga and Timóteo in the west, Bom Jesus do Galho , Vargem Alegre and Entre Folhas in the south, in the south Raul Soares , Santa Rita de Minas and Santa Bárbara do Leste , Simonésia in the southeast and Ipanema in the east .
Local government
The executive rests with the city prefect (mayor). In the 2016 local elections , Welington Moreira de Oliveira was elected city prefect by the Democratas (DEM) for the 2017-2020 term.
The legislature rests with an elected city council of 18 elected local politicians, the vereadores of the Câmara Municipal.
Population development
| year | Residents | city | country |
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| 1991 | 74,363 | 50,773 | 23,590 |
| 2000 | 77,789 | 62,338 | 15,451 |
| 2010 | 85.239 | 70,474 | 14,765 |
| 2019 | 92,062 | ? | ? |
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Source: IBGE (2011)
Average income and standard of living
The monthly average income in 2017 was 1.8 times the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (income converted for 2019: around € 358 per month). The Human Development Index (HDI) is rated high at 0.706 for 2010.
In 2017, 19,477 people or 21.2% of the population were registered as permanently employed; 35.6% of the population had an income of half the minimum wage in 2010.
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| year | Points | |||
| 1991 | 0.442 | |||
| 2000 | 0.606 | |||
| 2010 | 0.706 | |||
The gross national product per capita was around R $ 17,516 in 2017, the community's gross national product in 2017 was R $ 1,608,693.26 thousand.
Illiteracy rate
Caratinga had an illiteracy rate of 27.4% in 1991 (including incomplete primary schooling), which had already fallen to 11.9% in the 2010 census. Around 23.3% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.
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| year | percent | |||
| 1991 | 27.40 | |||
| 2000 | 17.80 | |||
| 2010 | 11.88 | |||
Ethnic composition
Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2000 with 77,789 inhabitants, status 2010 with 85,239 inhabitants):
| group | Share 2000 |
Share 2010 |
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| Brancos | 41,143 | 36,754 | Whites, descendants of Europeans |
| Pardos | 29,901 | 40,911 | Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos |
| Pretus | 6,027 | 6,477 | black |
| Amarelos | 8th | 999 | Asians |
| Indigenous people | 253 | 98 | indigenous population |
| without specification | 456 | - |
Source: SIDRA
Diocese of Caratinga
On December 15, 1915, the city became the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese Caratinga by papal decree .
sons and daughters of the town
- Ziraldo Alves Pinto (* 1932), author, draftsman, caricaturist, painter and journalist
- Ruy Castro (* 1948), author, journalist and translator
- Rose de Freitas (* 1949), politician for Espírito Santo
- Jones Carioca (born 1988), football player
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Caratinga website with photographs (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Caratinga - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed May 19, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Dr Welington 25 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed May 19, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ A b Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humao no Brasil: Caratinga, MG . Retrieved May 19, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Caratinga - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municipios. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed May 19, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed on November 19, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Caratinga (MG) and Cor ou raça).