| Desterro do Melo | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Municipality of Desterro do Melo |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Intermediate Region |
| Subdivision Type4: | Immediate Region |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southeast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Barbacena |
| Subdivision Name4: | Barbacena |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1 March 1963 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mayara García Lopes da Silva Tafuri |
| Leader Party: | PTB |
| Area Total Km2: | 142.279 |
| Elevation M: | 1,085 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 2,867 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Demonym: | melense |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 36210-000 to 36211-999 |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2010) |
| Blank Info: | 0.631 – medium[2] |
Desterro do Melo is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais.
Its population in 2020 was 2,884 people in a total area of 142 km².[3] The altitude of the municipal seat is 1,085 meters. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Barbacena.
Desterro do Melo lies to the east of Barbacena and is connected to this regional center b MG-135. The distance is 35 km. The region is characterized by low mountains, many of which still retain natural tropical forest. Like most of the municipalities in this region there is cultivation of coffee, bananas, rice, sugarcane, beans, and corn. Farms are small and cattle raising is mainly for milk and cheese production. In 2007 there were 293 automobiles in the municipality. There was one health clinic, 5 primary schools, and one middle school (2005).
Municipal Human Development Index http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhmg.htm