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Campestre de Goiás

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Goiás

Elevation
  
651 m (2,136 ft)

Region
  
Central-West Region

Microregion
  
Vale do Rio dos Bois

Time zone
  
BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

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Campestre de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

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Location

There are municipal boundaries with:

  • north: Santa Bárbara de Goiás
  • south: Guapó
  • east: Trindade
  • west: Palmeiras de Goiás

    • Campestre is 56 kilometres west of the state capital, Goiânia and 26 kilometers west of Trindade. Connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / GO-050.

    Demographic and Political Data

  • Population density in 2007: 12.46 inhab/km²
  • Population growth rate 2000-2007: 1.07.%
  • Population in 1980: 2,459
  • Population in 1991: 2,316
  • Urban population in 2007: 2,276
  • Rural population in 2007: 1,135
  • Eligible voters in 2007: 2,635
  • City government in 2005: mayor (Selma do Socorro Lemes Manzi), vice-mayor (Roberto José da Costa), and 09 councilmembers

    • The economy

    The economy is based on cattle raising, agriculture, and small retail and transformation units.

  • Industrial units: 08 (2007)
  • Retail units: 18
  • Automobiles: 177 in 2007

    • Animal raising in 2006

  • cattle: 30,500 head
  • dairy cows: 6,600

    • Agricultural information 2006

  • Number of farms: 260
  • Total farm area: 24,226
  • Planted area: 1,550 ha.
  • Area of natural pasture: 17,162
  • Workers in agriculture: 850
  • Area of rice: 850 ha.
  • Area of corn: 1,400 ha.

    • Health in 2007

  • infant mortality rate in 2000: 25.29
  • public health clinics: 01
  • hospitals: none

    • Education in 2006

  • literacy rate in 2000: 81.0%
  • schools: 03
  • classrooms: 18
  • teachers: 54
  • students: 868
  • higher education: none
  • Ranking on the Human Development Index: 0.715
  • State ranking: 189 (out of 242 municipalities)
  • National ranking: 2,732 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

    • History

    Campestre de Goiás began in 1949 when Dimas and Antônio Viera settled with their families along the banks of the Córrego Campestre. In 1963 it was raised to a district of Trindade, and in the same year was dismembered to create a new municipality.

    References

    Campestre de Goiás Wikipedia
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