Nova Ponte

Nova Ponte is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais.

Neighboring municipalities are: Romaria and Iraí de Minas (N), Pedrinópolis, Santa Juliana, and Sacramento (E), Uberaba (S and W), Indianópolis (NW).

[3] Nova Ponte is connected to one of the most important export corridors in Brazil by way of the Ferrovia Central Atlântica.

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.