São José da Barra

São José da Barra 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.

Neighboring municipalities are: São João Batista do Glória and Capitólio (N), Guapé (E), Carmo do Rio Claro (SE), Alpinópolis (S), and Passos (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.