Cidade Ocidental
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| Cidade Ocidental | |
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| 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: | 16°06′36"S 47°56′37"W |
| Area: | 389.8 km² |
| Population: | 48,589 (IBGE 2007) |
| Urban / Rural Population: | 37,484 / 6,395 (2007) |
| Elevation: | 952 m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 72880-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Entorno de Brasília |
| Became a city: | 1993 |
| 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.... : |
203 km. |
| Website: | http://www.cidadeocidental.net.br/ |
Cidade Ocidental is a small city
City
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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...
located 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
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 a suburb of 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...
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Geography
It is bordered on the north by the Federal District, on the south by LuziâniaLuziânia
Luziânia is a city and municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. This fast-growing city is a great producer of agricultural products including soybeans and beans.-Location:Luziânia is located 68 km...
, on the east by Cristalina
Cristalina
Cristalina is a small city located in the southeast of the state of Goiás, Brazil.-Location:Cristalina is located directly south of the federal capital, Brasília, and is connected to that city by BR-040...
and Luziânia, and on the west by Luziânia and Valparaíso de Goiás
Valparaíso de Goiás
Valparaíso de Goiás is a city and municipality in east-central Goiás state, Brazil. It is a suburb of Brasília.-Location:Valparaíso is located on the plateau known as Planalto Central, southwest of Brasília and is part of the greater Brasília area known as the Entorno de Brasília...
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The municipality has a tropical with altitude climate with temperature variations between 18 °C and 28 °C. The vegetation is typical of the cerrado
Cerrado
The Cerrado, is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, particularly in the states of Gioas and Minas Gerais...
with short and twisted trees, with some pockets of tropical tree growth. The main rivers are the São Bartolomeu, Saia Velha and Mesquita.
Characterization
Cidade Ocidental is the case of a community formed by the need to give inexpensive housing to the lower and lower-middle sectors in the Federal District. With no more housing available inside the District new communities have sprung up in neighboring Goiás. The city, with poor infrastructure and serious budgetary problems, makes up an urban sprawl extending for more than 40 km. from LuziâniaLuziânia
Luziânia is a city and municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. This fast-growing city is a great producer of agricultural products including soybeans and beans.-Location:Luziânia is located 68 km...
to the limit of the Federal District, where rules for construction are more rigid. A neighboring city created under the same conditions is Valparaíso de Goiás
Valparaíso de Goiás
Valparaíso de Goiás is a city and municipality in east-central Goiás state, Brazil. It is a suburb of Brasília.-Location:Valparaíso is located on the plateau known as Planalto Central, southwest of Brasília and is part of the greater Brasília area known as the Entorno de Brasília...
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Economy
Livestock processing, services, small industries, government employment and modest agriculture are the main sources of income for the municipality. The presence of packing houses and slaughter houses has created a good number of direct and indirect jobs. In the agricultural sector there was modest production of rice, coffee, sugarcane, beans, oranges, lemons, manioc and tangerines.Agricultural data 2006
- Farms: 257
- Total area: 24,359 ha.
- Area of permanent crops: 489 ha.
- Area of perennial crops: 3,090 ha.
- Area of pasture: 13,587 ha.
- Area of woodland and forests: 6,235 ha.
- Cattle herd: 12,423
Health and education
- Literacy rate in 2000: 93.9% (higher than the state average)
- Schools: 74 (2006)
- Students: 43,150 (2006)
- Higher education: A private institute called Faculdade Brasil Central - FBC; campus of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG.
- Infant mortality rate in 2000: 18.49 in 1,000 live births
- Hospitals: 01 with 68 beds (2007)
- MHDI (2000): 0.795
- State ranking: 11 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 664 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
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