Campestre de Goiás
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:	274.7 km²
Population:	3,411 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	651m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75385-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Vale do Rio dos Bois
Became a city:	1963
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.... :	56 km.
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Campestre de Goiás is a small town

Town

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 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 central 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

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Location

There are municipal boundaries with:

• north: Santa Bárbara de Goiás
  Santa Bárbara de Goiás
  Santa Bárbara de Goiás is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Santa Bárbara is located due west of Goiânia. Nearby towns are Trindade , and Nazário is 25 km...
  
  
• south: Guapó
  Guapó
  Guapó is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 13,586 and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km² .Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion...
  
  
• east: Trindade
  Trindade
  -Transportation:Trindade are linked with São Tomé and Príncipe's only highways linking to the capital city of São Tomé, another linking Neves and Santana and another linking to Guadalupe as well....
  
  
• west: Palmeiras de Goiás
  Palmeiras de Goiás
  Palmeiras de Goiás is a small city and municipality in southestern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Palmeiras de Goiás is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois at a distance of 88 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is 26 kilometers from Cezarina and the important...
  
  

Campestre is 56 kilometres west 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....

 and 26 kilometers west of 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....

. Connections 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-050.

Demographic and Political Data

• Population density in 2007: 12.46 inhab/km²
• Population growth rate 2000-2007: 1.07.%
• Population in 1980: 2,459
• Population in 1991: 2,316
• Urban population in 2007: 2,276
• Rural population in 2007: 1,135
• Eligible voters in 2007: 2,635
• City government in 2005: mayor (Selma do Socorro Lemes Manzi), vice-mayor (Roberto José da Costa), and 09 councilmembers

The economy

The economy is based on cattle raising, agriculture, and small retail and transformation units.

• Industrial units: 08 (2007)
• Retail units: 18
• Automobiles: 177 in 2007

Animal raising in 2006

• cattle: 30,500 head
• dairy cows: 6,600

Agricultural information 2006

• Number of farms: 260
• Total farm area: 24,226
• Planted area: 1,550 ha.
• Area of natural pasture: 17,162
• Workers in agriculture: 850
• Area of rice: 850 ha.
• Area of corn: 1,400 ha.

Education in 2006

• literacy rate in 2000: 81.0%
• schools: 03
• classrooms: 18
• teachers: 54
• students: 868
• higher education: none

• Ranking on the 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...
  
  : 0.715
• State ranking: 189 (out of 242 municipalities)
• National ranking: 2,732 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

History

Campestre de Goiás began in 1949 when Dimas and Antônio Viera settled with their families along the banks of the Córrego Campestre. In 1963 it was raised to a district of 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....

, and in the same year was dismembered to create a new municipality.