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São João da Paraúna

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Goiás

Elevation
  
640 m (2,100 ft)

Region
  
Central-West Region

Microregion
  
Vale do Rio dos Bois

Time zone
  
BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)

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São João da Paraúna is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.

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Location

São João is located west of Goiânia, 36 km. north of Paraúna.

  • Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Firminópolis, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south.

    • Neighboring municipalities: Aurilândia, Paraúna, Palminópolis, Jandaia, Acreúna.(Firminopolis),(São Luis dos Montes Belos)

    Political information

  • Mayor: Claudivino Ferreira da Silva (January 2005)
  • City council: 09 members
  • Eligible voters: 1,687 (December/2007)

    • Demographic information

  • Population density: 5.56 inhab/km² (2007)
  • Urban population: 1,212 (2007)
  • Rural population: 487 (2007)
  • Population growth: a gain of about 300 people since 1980

    • Economic information

    The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

  • Industrial units: 1 (2007)
  • Commercial units: 17 (2007)
  • Dairy: Laticínios MB Ltda (22/05/2006)
  • Motor vehicles: 200 (2007), which gave a ratio of 8.5 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. (motorcycles and motorbikes not counted)
  • Cattle herd: 30,500 head (5,190 milk cows) (2006)
  • Main crops (2006): cotton), rice, beans, manioc, corn (1,340 hectares), and soybeans (2,900 hectares).

    • Data are from Sepin

    Education (2006)

  • Schools: 2
  • Students: 453
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 87.1% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

    • Health (2003)

  • Hospitals: 0
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 2
  • Infant mortality rate: 13.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

    • Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life expectancy: 73.5
  • School attendance rate: 0.837
  • MHDI: 0.779
  • State ranking: 34 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
  • National ranking: 1,093 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

    • Data are from 2000

    For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

    References

    São João da Paraúna Wikipedia
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