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Indiara

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Goiás

Elevation
  
550 m (1,800 ft)

Area
  
956.4 km²

Region
  
Central-West Region

Microregion
  
Vale do Rio dos Bois

Time zone
  
BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

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Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.

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Map of Indiara - State of Goi%C3%A1s, Brazil

Location

Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:

  • north: Palmeiras de Goiás
  • south: Edéia
  • east: Cezarina
  • west: Jandaia and Acreúna
  • Indiara is 102 kilometers (southwest) from the state capital, Goiânia and is on the edge of highway BR-060 (passing through Guapó and Cezarina).

    Political data

  • Eligible voters: 9,310 (12/2007)
  • Mayor: José Vilmar da Fonseca (January 2005)
  • Vice-mayor: Antônio Telesforo de Almeida
  • Councilmembers: 9
  • Demographic data

  • Population density: 13.28 inhab/km² (2007)
  • Population growth rate 2000/2007: 1.04%
  • Urban population in 2007: 10,408
  • Rural population in 2007: 2,295
  • Ranking on the municipal Human Development Index, 2000

  • MHDI: 0.731
  • State ranking: 143 (out of 242 municipalities)
  • National ranking: 2,414 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
  • Economy

    The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. There are plantations of corn, rice, and soybeans. There are several small industries producing furniture, lumber, and clothes.

    Economic data for 2007

  • Industrial units: 20
  • Retail commercial units: 123
  • Banking institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A.
  • Dairies: Cooperativa Mista dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda.
  • Automobiles: 1,114 in 2007
  • Main agricultural activities

  • Cattle raising: 75,140 head (2006)
  • Agriculture: cotton, rice, sugarcane (1,125 hectares), oranges, corn (4,000 hectares), soybeans (7,000 hectares), and tomatoes.
  • Number of farms: 562
  • Agricultural area: 83,013
  • Planted area: 19,300
  • Area in natural pasture: 45,292
  • Workers in agriculture: 1,800
  • Education and health

  • Literacy rate: 85.5% (2000)
  • Infant mortality rate: 25.29 in 1,000 live births (2000)
  • Schools: 13 (2006)
  • Students: 3,428
  • Hospitals: 3 (02/2007)
  • Walk-in clinics: 1
  • History

    The town began with the construction of the highway between Goiânia and Cuiabá, Mato Grosso in 1958. First came a restaurant, a "churrascaria" (steakhouse), and then other people began to arrive. There was no donation of lands; the landowners created the lots themselves. The town name comes from a coconut tree, the indaiá, which grows nearby. Indiara belonged to three municipalities: Edéia, Jandaia, and Palmeira de Goiás and was dismembered to create a district and a municipality in 1983.

    References

    Indiara Wikipedia