| Official Name: | Comendador Gomes |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -19.6833°N -53°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Minas Gerais |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 1041.05 |
| Population Total: | 3,120 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Comendador Gomes is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The population is 3,120 (2020 est.) in an area of 1041.05km2.[2] It became a municipality in 1948.
Comendador Gomes is located at an elevation of 557 meters in the west of the area known as the Triângulo Mineiro about 15km (09miles) west of the Transbrasiliana highway (Br-153). It belongs to the statistical microregion of Frutal. Neighboring municipalities are:
Distances
603km (375miles)
55km (34miles)
200km (100miles) [4]
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 55,658,000. Comendador Gomes is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a well-developed retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 369 establishments occupying about 1,000 persons. 176 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in two. There were 309 automobiles in all of the municipality, about one for every 10 inhabitants.
Comendador Gomes is an important agricultural producer. There were 61,000 head of cattle in 2006, of which 12,000 head were dairy cows. In permanent crops there are 1128ha planted, while in perennial crops 1697ha were planted.
The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares in 2007 were:
In the health sector there were 02 health clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector there were 11 primary schools and no middle schools.[5]
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. 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.[6]