Crisólita

The nearest regional center is Nanuque, which is more than 100 kilometers to the southeast on poor roads.

The economy is based on cattle raising (62,889 head in 2006) and agriculture, with the main crops being sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn.

Crisólita ranked very low on the MHDI and was one of the poorest municipalities in the state and in the country as of 2000[update].

The above figures can be compared with those of Poços de Caldas, which had an MHDI of .841, the highest in the state of Minas Gerais.

The lowest was Manari in the state of Pernambuco with an MHDI of .467 out of a total of 5504 municipalities in the country as of 2004[update].