Pavão, Minas Gerais

Neighboring municipalities are: Novo Oriente de Minas, Crisólita, Carlos Chagas, and Teófilo Otoni.

A large percentage of the population lives in the rural area and is engaged in subsistence farming.

Patients with more serious health conditions are transported to Teófilo Otoni, although highway connections are poor.

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.