- Três Pontas
Três Pontas is a city and municipality in southern
Minas Gerais state,Brazil . The population in 2007 was 51,121 inhabitants in a total area of 689 km².The municipality is watered by the Verde and Sapucaí rivers (contained in the Furnas reservoir) besides several small streams. The elevation of the city is 905 meters but in the Serra de Três Pontas the elevation reaches 1,234 mts.
Neighboring municipalities are:
*North:Campos Gerais andSantana da Vargem ,
*South:Varginha andElói Mendes ,
*East:Nepomuceno andCarmo da Cachoeira ,
*West:Campos Gerais Distances to major cities:
*Alfenas : 95 km
*Lavras : 76 km
*Poços de Caldas : 178 km
*Três Corações : 60 km
*Varginha : 28 km
*Belo Horizonte : 297 kmThe climate is tropical altitude with the average annual temperature varying between 18 and 19 ºC. Winter temperatures vary between 13 and 16 ºC and summer temperatures average 20 ºC. Average rainfall is between 1,400 and 1,700 mm.
Três Pontas is today the greatest producer of
coffee in the country. There are more than 50 million coffee trees in an area of approximately 300 square kilometres, producing an average of 400 thousand sacks each harvest.Coffee producers are members of a cooperative: Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores da Zona de Três Pontas Ltda - COCATREL [http://www.cocatrel.com.br/ Cocatrel] , which has aided in the development of coffee growing in the region. It has more than 4,000 members, covers more than 60 municipalities and receives up to 1 million 200 thousand sacks in the most productive harvests.
The city is well served in infrastructure.
*Paved streets: 95% of the urban area
*Sewage connections: 96.8% of the urban area
*Water connections: 98.8% of the urban areaThere were 6 financial institutions. Banco do Brasil, Banco Itaú, Banco Bradesco, Banco Bancoop, Unibanco, and CEF (Caixa Econômica Federal)
Três Pontas has an airport located 7 km from the center, with a paved runway, measuring 1,150 meters in length by 20 meters in width, which allows for the landing and takeoff of small and medium sized planes. The nearest major airport is in
Varginha . In the municipality there are more than 300 km. of dirt roads.Municipal
Human Development Index
*MHDI: .773
*State ranking: 152 out of 853 municipalities
*National ranking: 1,251 out of 5,138 municipalities
*Life expectancy: 72
*Literacy rate: 88 For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm Frigoletto]References
* [http://www.pmtp.mg.gov.br/ City government site]
* [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php IBGE]
* [http://br.geocities.com/alugueltp/index.html AluguelTP - Aluguel de casas, aptos e salas comerciais em Três Pontas]
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