Franciscopolis is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais.
[1] The city belongs to the mesoregion of Vale do Mucuri and to the microregion of Teófilo Otoni.
Neighboring municipalities are: Malacachata, Poté, Água Boa, Itambacuri and Teófilo Otoni.
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.
In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.