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Santo Antônio de Goiás

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Country
  
Brazil

State
  
Goiás

Elevation
  
762 m (2,500 ft)

Region
  
Central-West Region

Microregion
  
Goiânia Microregion

Time zone
  
BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)


Santo Antônio de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.

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  • Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.

    • Location

    Neighboring municipalities are:

  • north: Brazabrantes
  • south: Goiânia
  • east: Nerópolis
  • west: Goianira

    • Political Information

  • Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
  • City council: 09
  • Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)

    • Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.

    Demographic Information

  • Population density: 29.31 inhab/km² (2007)
  • Urban population: 3,508 (2007)
  • Rural population: 385 (2007)
  • Population growth: 3,28% from 2000 to 2007

    • Economic Information

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

  • Cattle herd: 17,500 head (2006)
  • Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (800 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.

    • Education (2006)

  • Schools: 3
  • Classrooms: 26
  • Teachers: 52
  • Students: 1,258
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

    • Health (2007)

  • Hospitals: 01
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 3
  • Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.

    • Municipal Human Development Index

  • MHDI: 0.749
  • State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
  • National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities

    • Frigoletto.com

    References

    Santo Antônio de Goiás Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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