São Gonçalo do Rio Preto

São Gonçalo do Rio Preto is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais.

It became a municipality on December 30, 1962.,[2] was renamed to actual name in 1986 in honor to Gundisalvus of Amarante, before was called Felisberto Caldeira.

[3] The municipal seat of São Gonçalo do Rio Preto is located at an elevation of 742 meters in the upper Jequitinhonha River valley.

[3] São Gonçalo do Rio Preto is ranked in the bottom tier of municipalities in the state and country in human development.

The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568.