Porteirinha

Porteirinha is a municipality in the northern region of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The municipality contains part of the 49,830 hectares (123,100 acres) Serra Nova State Park, created in 2003.

It is 37 kilometers to the northwest of this regional center and is connected by paved highway.

The main economic activities are cattle raising (50,000 head in 2006) and farming with a large production of corn (6,300 ha.)

The Gross Domestic Product was R$ 102,695,000 (2005) a year, which was mainly generated by services and agriculture.