Santa Cruz de Salinas is a municipality in the northeast o the Brazilian state o Minas Gerais. Its population in 2007 wis 5,192 inhabitants in a total aurie o 587 km².
Santa Cruz de Salinas belangs tae the Salinas statistical microregion. The elevation o the municipal seat is 728 meters.
It became a municipality in 1997.
The main economic activities are cattle raisin an fermin. The GDP wis R$11,710,000 (2005). There wur nae bankin agencies in 2006. In aw the municipality thare wur 63 automobiles in 2007, a ratio o ane automobile for ivery 80 inhabitants. In the rural aurie thare wur 808 ferms wi aroond 2,500 fowk involvit in the agricultural sector. There wur 2 tractors, a ratio o ane tractor for ivery 400 ferms. The main crops wur coffee, citrus fruits, sugarcane, beans, manioc, an corn. In the health sector thare wur 4 health clinics an nae hospitals. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index wis 0.599 (2000). This rankit Rubelita 836 oot o 853 municipalities in the state, wi Poços de Caldas in first place wi 0.841 an Setubinha in last place wi 0.568. See FrigolettoArchived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine for the complete leet.