Fronteira dos Vales
Fronteira dos Vales is a Brazilian municipality located in the north-east of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was 4,561 living in a total area of. The city belongs to the statistical mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the statistical microregion of Nanuque. It became a municipality in 1963.
Geography
Fronteira dos Vales is located at an elevation of between the Rio Mucuri and the Rio Pampã. The nearest major population centre is Teófilo Otoni. The name came about because of the position between the two river valleys.The distance to Teófilo Otoni is ; and the distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is. Neighboring municipalities are: Santa Helena de Minas, Águas Formosas, Machacalis and Joaíma.
Economy
The main economic activities are services, and subsistence agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$12 million, with 9 million from services, 1 million from industry, and 2 million from agriculture. There were 455 rural producers on of land. As of 2006, only five farms had tractors. A thousand persons were dependent on agriculture. The main crops were coconuts, sugarcane, beans, and corn. There were 16,000 head of cattle. There were no banks and 65 automobiles, giving a ratio of 75 inhabitants per automobile.Social indicators
The social indicators rank it in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state.- Municipal Human Development Index: 0.599
- State ranking: 835 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 4,675 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Literacy rate: 59%
- Life expectancy: 67