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Americano do Brasil
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:	134.0 km²
Population:	4,698 (IBGE 2007 estimate)
Elevation:	890 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76165-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Anicuns Microregion Anicuns Microregion The Anicuns Microregion is a geographical division in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is made up of 13 municipalities located near Anicuns, a small city and municipality west of Goiânia...
Became a city:	1980
Mayor:	Ironi Gomes Machado (2005–2009)
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.... :	113 km
Website:	none
Coordinates	16°15′20"S 49°58′57"W

Americano do Brasil 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 eastern 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...

Location

Americano do Brasil is located in the Anicuns Microregion

Anicuns Microregion

The Anicuns Microregion is a geographical division in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is made up of 13 municipalities located near Anicuns, a small city and municipality west of Goiânia...

, which is northwest of the state capital, 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....

. It is 37 kilometers southwest of Itaberaí

Itaberaí

Itaberaí is a small city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Itaberaí is a large producer of agricultural products including corn, rice, soybeans, tomatoes, and sugarcane.-Location:...

and 113 kilometers northwest of Goiânia

Goiânia

. Highway connections from Goiânia

Goiânia

are made by GO-060 / Trindade

Trindade, Goiás

Trindade is a city and municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for the religious celebrations held there in July and is now the third most important pilgrimage site in Brazil....

/ GO-326 / Anicuns

Anicuns

Anicuns is a small city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Geographical Facts:Anicuns is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which includes 13 cities with a population of 103276 inhabitants in a total area of 5483.10 km²....

/ GO-156. Sepin. Neighboring municipalities are Mossâmedes

Mossâmedes

Mossâmedes is a small town and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Mossâmedes is located northwest of the state capital, Goiânia in the Anicuns Microregion. It is connected by paved roads with Itaberaí to the north and Anicuns to the south. The distance to the state capital is...

, Anicuns

Anicuns

, Itaberaí

Itaberaí

and Itauçu

Itauçu

Itauçu is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Itauçu is located 64 km. northwest of the state capital, Goiânia and is part of the Anápolis Microregion...

Demographics

Population density: 35.17 inhab/km² (2007)
Population growth rate: -1.06%
Population in 1991: 4,861
Population in 2007: 4,698
Urban population: 4,371
Rural population: 327

The economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising (19,054 head in 2003) and agriculture, especially corn, sugarcane, rice, and bananas.

Industrial establishments: 9
Commercial retail establishments: 63
Dairies: Amarildo José Missiato. (22/05/2006)
Meat packing plant: Vitacharque Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
Motor vehicles in 2007: 515 automobiles and pickup trucks, giving a ratio of 9 inhabitants for each motor vehicle.

Area of Main crops in 2006

Corn: 950 ha.
Sugarcane: 1,990 ha.
Rice: 350 ha.
Bananas: 100 ha.
Soybeans: 250 ha.

Farm data

Number of farms: 197
Total agricultural area: 9,472 ha.
Planted area: 2,604 ha.
Area of natural pasture: 5,657 ha.
Persons employed in agriculture: 500

Health and education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.88. There were 2 small hospitals with 24 beds.
The literacy rate in 2000 was 83.2. In 2004 there were 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school.
Source: IBGE 2004

Americano do Brasil had a score 0.732 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...

, giving it a state ranking of 138 (out of 242 municipalities)
and a national ranking of 2,384 (out of 5,507 municipalities). All data are from 2000

Sources of Data

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