Murici is a municipality located in the east of the Brazilian state of Alagoas.

[2] According to the Veja magazine,[3] despite receiving generous public transfers, the city still lags behind most municipalities in Brazil in human development.

30.6% of its inhabitants are illiterate and 65% rely on Federal funds to survive, which contribute for an HDI of just 0.58, slightly below Iraq's HDI of 0.59.

[4] The municipality contains 61% of the 6,116 hectares (15,110 acres) Murici Ecological Station, created in 2001.

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