Pimenta, Minas Gerais

Pimenta is a Brazilian municipality located in the center of the state of Minas Gerais.

[1] The city belongs to the meso-region of Oeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Formiga.

[2] The city center of Pimenta is located at an elevation of 776 meters on a northern arm of the great reservoir of Furnas.

Poços de Caldas had the highest per capita monthly income in 2000 with R$435.00.

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.