Elevation 690 m (2,260 ft) Area 1,974 km² | Microregion Porangatu Microregion Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2) | |
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Campinaçu is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Contents
- Map of CampinaC3A7u State of GoiC3A1s Brazil
- Location
- Demographics
- The economy
- Health and education
- References
Map of Campina%C3%A7u - State of Goi%C3%A1s, Brazil
Location
Campinaçu is surrounded by the following municipalities:
Demographics
In 2007 the population density was 1.91 inhab/km². The population growth rate for 2000/2007 was 0.22.%. The urban population in 2007 was 2,119 while the rural population was 1,646.
The economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising with 64,500 head (IBGE 2006) and plantations of rice, corn, manioc, and sugar cane. In 2006 there were 545 farms with 21,660 hectares of cropland and 75,511 of pasture. There were approximately 1,600 persons connected to agriculture, the vast majority members of the farm owner's family.
Health and education
The infant mortality rate (2000) was 14.32 while the literacy rate was 80.5%. In 2007 there was one hospital with 19 beds.
With a score of 0.733 Campinaçu occupies 132nd place out of 242 municipalities in the state on the Municipal Human Development Index.