Economic Activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising (35,000 head in 2006), mining, industry, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 36,064,000. The most important agricultural crops are bananas, papaya, mangoes, rice, sugarcane, manioc, beans and corn. There were 247 automobiles. In the rural area there were 450 producers. The total area of agricultural land was 88,000 hectares in 2006, of which 4,500 ha. were planted in crops. As of 2006 there were 124 tractors. In the urban area there were no banking agencies in 2006.
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