Amaralina
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Amaralina
State  Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

Area: 1,412.9 km²
Population: 3,492 (IBGE 2007)
Population density: 2.47 inhab/km² (IBGE 2007)
Elevation: 485 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP): 76493-000
Became a city: 1997
Mayor: Dásio Marques Ferreira
Distance to Goiânia
Goiânia
-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

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348 km.
IBGE statistical microregion: Porangatu Microregion
Porangatu Microregion
The Porangatu Microregion is a statistical region created by IBGE in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. The most important city is Porangatu...

Website: none

Amaralina is a small town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in north Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

 state, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Location

  • Distance from Goiânia
    Goiânia
    -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

    : 485 km.
  • Highway access from Goiânia
    Goiânia
    -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

    : GO-080 / Nerópolis
    Nerópolis
    Nerópolis is a small city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:The municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is 42 kilometers to the west. It is nationally known as the city of garlic and sweets...

     / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia
    Goianésia
    Goianésia is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugarcane for production of alcohol used as a source of fuel.-Location:...

     / Barro Alto
    Barro Alto
    Barro Alto is a small town and municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil, famous for its nickel mine and production of rubber. The population was 6,446 in 2007 and the total area of the municipality was 1,231.8 km².-Location:...

     / GO-342 / Uruaçu
    Uruaçu
    Uruaçu is a small city and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.-Geography:Uruaçu is located north of Anápolis and Goiânia on the important interstate highway BR-153, which links Brasília to Belém. It is 269 km. from Goiânia and 244 km. from Brasília...

     / Campinorte
    Campinorte
    Campinorte is a small city and municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 9,697 in a total area of 1,068 km².-Location:...

     / GO-329.


Amaralina is surrounded by the following municipalities:
  • north: Mutunópolis
    Mutunópolis
    Mutunópolis is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Mutunópolis is located in the extreme north of the state, 38 km south of the important regional center of Porangatu...

    , Bonópolis
    Bonópolis
    Bonópolis is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. It is largely rural with a substantial cattle herd.-Location:*Highway connections from Goiânia: GO-080 / Nerópolis / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / Uruaçu / Campinorte / GO-329 / GO-080 /...

     and Porangatu
    Porangatu
    Parangatu is a town in Goiás state, Brazil-Geography:Parangatu is in its own microregion, Porangatu Microregion, of 226,766 inhabitants in an area of 35.287 km²; 426 km from the state capital, Goiânia. This microregion serves as a nucleus for eighteen municipalities in the north of Goiás state...

  • south and east: Mara Rosa
    Mara Rosa
    Mara Rosa is a small town and municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Araguaia River and the Tocantins River...

  • west: Mundo Novo
    Mundo Novo
    Mundo Novo is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.Mundo Novo is located in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion in the extreme north-west of the state. It is cut by the Rio Palmital, which flows north into the Araguaia River...


Demographics

The urban population was 1,143 (2007) while the rural population was 2,349. Rarely, for Goiás, the rural population outnumbers the urban population.
  • Population growth 2000/2007: 1.84.%

The economy

The economy is dependent on cattle raising, services, public service jobs, and agriculture. There were 121,000 head of cattle in 2006.
The main agricultural products in 2006 were rice (650 hectares planted), corn (750 hectares), and bananas (45 hectares). IBGE. In 2006 there were 595 farms with a total area of 486,855 hectares, of which 10,657 were under cultivation, 389,210 were pasture, and 85,527 were woodland. There were 1,810 persons related to the producer working on these farms and 487 persons employed. In 2007 there were 63 automobiles, but 102 motorcycles. (IBGE)

Health and education

There were no hospitals in 2007, while there were 12 schools with 1,030 students in 2006. The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 41.40 while the literacy rate was 79.7. The score on the Municipal Human Development Index
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...

was 0.660 giving a state ranking of 231 (out of 242 municipalities)
and a national ranking of 3,607 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
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