Itapagipe

Itapagipe is located at an elevation of 516 meters in the south-center of the area known as the Triângulo Mineiro 37 km.

This name was chosen because of a large rock that covers all of the bed of the Lageado stream, which crosses the town.

The first settler, Antônio Gomes Sobreiro, “married” a Caiapó Indian girl and established his ranch in the region.

Itapagipe is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development.

The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were pineapple, rice, oranges, sugarcane, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.

[6] 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.