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Buritinópolis
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...
Geographical Coordinates:	14°28′29"S 46°24′54"W
Area:	268.1 km²
Population:	3,442(IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	550m
Postcode (CEP):	73975-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	018 Vão do Paranã
Became a city:	1993
Mayor:	João Oreste Soares de Oliveira
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.... :	466 km.
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Buritinópolis 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...

. It is the poorest municipality in the state.

Location

Buritinópolis is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region in the area near Simolândia

Simolândia

Simolândia is a small town and municipality in northeast Goiás state, Brazil.-Location and Geography:Simolândia is situated in the northeast of Goiás, at kilometer 250 of the important BR-020 . It forms boundaries with Posse, Alvorada do Norte and Buritinópolis...

and Alvorada do Norte

Alvorada do Norte

Alvorada do Norte is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is an important commercial center on the Brasília-Salvador highway.-Location:...

. It is close to the important BR-020 highway, which connects Brasília

Brasília

Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

with Salvador. Neighboring municipalities are Posse

Posse, Goiás

Posse is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Geography:It is located northeast of Brasília, 24 km. from the state boundary with Bahia, on interstate highway BR-020...

,
Simolândia

Simolândia

, Alvorada do Norte

Alvorada do Norte

Alvorada do Norte is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is an important commercial center on the Brasília-Salvador highway.-Location:...

, Mambaí

Mambaí

Mambaí is a city in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the easternmost city in that state.-Geography:Mambaí is one of the most isolated cities in the state of Goiás. It lies in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region less than 20 kilometers from the border with the state of Bahia. It is 61...

, and Damianópolis

Damianópolis

Damianópolis is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,597 in a total area of 415.3 km².-Location:...

. The 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....

is 466 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis

Anápolis

Anápolis is the third largest city in the State of Goiás in Brazil. It lies in the center of a rich agricultural region and has become a leader in food processing and pharmaceutical plants.-Location and population:...

/ Alexânia

Alexânia

Alexânia is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Alexânia is known for its alleged extraterrestrial sightings in the late sixties and early seventies. The Areias River passes through the municipality.-Location:...

/ BR-060 / Planaltina

Planaltina

Planaltina is one of the administrative districts of the Federal District of Brazil, with an area of 1,534 kmª and a population of 147,114 in 2000, of whom 134,663 were classified as urban and 12,451 as rural...

/ Formosa

Formosa, Goiás

Formosa is a city and municipality located in the state of Goiás, Brazil, approximately 80 kilometers east of Brasília. The population was 90,247 in a total area of 5,806.89 km² . Formosa is known for its waterfalls and natural beauty...

/ BR-020 / Simolândia

Simolândia

/ GO-236.

Demographics

Geometric Growth Rate 1996/2007: 0.17%
Population density: 12.84 inhab/km²
Urban population: 1,842
Rural population: 1,600

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising for meat and farming, especially soybeans and corn. Most of the inhabitants either have no work or are employed in subsistence farming. In 2007 there were 15 commercial units and no banks. The absence of investments in the town leaves the inhabitants without the chance of a job and many, mainly the young, leave the town to try to find a job that would allow them to survive. There were no hospitals (2007. There were 100 automobiles in 2007, which was 1 automobile for every 34 inhabitants.

Agricultural data 2006

Farms: 310
Total area: 6,772 ha.
Area of permanent crops: 116 ha.
Area of perennial crops: 578 ha.
Area of pasture: 3,750 ha.
Area of woodland and forests: 1,814 ha.
Persons dependent on farming: 1,000
Cattle herd: 27,848

Health and education

Literacy rate: 71.9 in 2000.
Infant mortality rate in 2000: 50.06
Hospitals: none
Schools: 8 with 1,240 students
Ranking on the United Nations 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...

: 0.603 (in the lower tiers)
State ranking: 242/242 (the worst in the state)
National ranking: 4,612/5,507

In Buritinópolis, there is no bank branch, no restaurant, and no hotel. The two supermarkets are comparable to the little grocery stores in the slums of the large urban centers and the bars can only provide income for their owners. The agricultural activities provide few jobs since the small rural landowners practice subsistence farming and the large landowners opt for extensive cattle raising, which requires few workers.

Urban erosion is a worry for all. It has already destroyed a large part of the main avenue that runs parallel to BR-020, the highway that cuts the city in two. With no money to build drains and pave the streets on both side of the highway, the city government is waiting for help from the state government.

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