São João Batista do Glória

São João Batista do Glória is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais.

[1] The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of Passos.

[2] The city center of São João Batista do Glória is located at an elevation of 695 meters in the valley of the Rio Grande, a short distance northeast of regional center, Passos.

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.