Economic Activities
Services and agriculture are the most important economic activities. In 2005 there were 11 small transformation industries employing 54 workers while 199 workers were employed in public administration. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$23 million, with 1 million from taxes, 10 million reais from services, 2 million reais from industry, and 9 million reais from agriculture. There were 269 rural producers on 34,000 hectares of land. 39 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 500 persons were employed in agriculture. The main crops are coffee, beans and corn. There were 23,000 head of cattle (2006) of which 5,000 were dairy cattle.
There were no banks(2007). In the vehicle fleet there were 266 automobiles, 34 trucks, 26 pickup trucks, 6 micro-buses, 91 motorcycles, and 2 buses. (2007).
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