Piumhi

Piumhi (Portuguese pronunciation: [pjũˈi]) is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais.

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

[2] The origin of the word "pium-i" is indigenous and it means either "river of many fish" or "water of many flies".

Neighboring municipalities are: Bambuí (N), Doresópolis (NE), São Roque de Minas (S and SE), and Sacramento (W).

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.