Elevation 610 m (2,000 ft) Area 1,428 km² | Microregion Meia Ponte Microregion Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2) | |
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Pontalina is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. Pontalina has become one of the most important clusters of lingerie in the State of Goiás. Every year thousand of people flock to the city to buy its production of fine lingerie in order to sell it within Goiás, in other states, and even abroad.
Contents
- Map of Pontalina State of GoiC3A1s Brazil
- Geography
- History
- Political Information
- Demographic Information
- Economic Information
- cation 2006
- Health 2007
- Quality of Life
- References
Map of Pontalina - State of Goi%C3%A1s, Brazil
Geography
Pontalina is 125 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is connected by highways BR-153 and GO-19. Another great way to reach Pontalina by car is through the newly reformed GO-040 road that connects Aparecida de Goiânia (in the metropolitan area of the capital, Goiânia) to Pontalina. Neighboring municipalities are Mairipotaba, Piracanjuba, Morrinhos, Aloândia, Joviânia, Vicentinópolis, Edéia, Edealina and Cezarina.
The climate is hot in summer and mild in winter, with an average annual temperature of 25 °C. The fauna is represented by jacaré, catitus, paca, deer, and capibara, whose preferred habitat is the Rio dos Bois. The flora has suffered with deforestation but there are still stands of jatobá, angico, aroeira, ipê and peroba rosa (Aspidosperma Spp—see Peroba rosa)
History
The origins of the town go back to the nineteenth century when cattle ranchers established themselves in the region. In 1938 what was once a district of Morrinhos became a city with the name Pontalina, derived from the proximity of the Rio dos Bois and the Meia Ponte
Political Information
Demographic Information
Economic Information
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There is a large production of milk.
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Health (2007)
Quality of Life
In the United Nations Human Development Index(2000)- Pontalina had a rating of 0.805, which ranked it in 8th place out of a total of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás. Nationally it was ranked 467 out of 5,507 municipalities. For the complete list see Frigoletto