Economic Activities
Services and agriculture are the most important economic activities. The GDP in 2005 was approximately R$17 million, 7 million reais from services, one half million reais from industry, and 8 million reais from agriculture. There were 220 rural producers on 22,000 hectares of land. 70 farms had tractors (2006). Approximately 450 persons were involved in agriculture. The main crops are coffee and corn. There were 15,000 head of cattle (2006).
There were no banks (2007) and 192 automobiles (2007), giving a ratio of 10 inhabitants per automobile.
Working population by sector
- Transformation industries (7 units): 19 workers
- Commerce (26 units): 42 workers
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