Palmeiras de Goiás
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| Palmeiras 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: | 1,539.6 km² |
| Population: | 21,199 (IBGE 2007) |
| Elevation: | 600 m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 76190-000 |
| Became a city: | 1887 |
| 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.... : |
88 km. |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Vale do Rio dos Bois |
| Website: | Câmara Municipal de Palmeiras de Goiás |
Palmeiras de Goiás 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...
in southestern 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
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, GoiâniaGoiânia
-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 26 kilometers from Cezarina
Cezarina
Cezarina is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location and Communications:Cezarina belongs to the Vale do Rio dos Bois statistical micro-region. It has municipal boundaries with:*north: Palmeiras de Goiás*south: Edealina*east: Varjão...
and the important BR-060 highway. Connections with 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....
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 / Campestre de Goiás
Campestre de Goiás
Campestre de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:There are municipal boundaries with:*north: Santa Bárbara de Goiás*south: Guapó*east: Trindade*west: Palmeiras de Goiás...
/ GO-156.
Neighboring municipalities are:
- north: NazárioNazárioNazário is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Nazário is located 74 km. west of the state capital, Goiânia a few kilometers west of the Rio dos Bois, a major tributary of the Paranaíba River. The regional center, Anicuns, is 21 km to the northwest...
and Santa Bárbara de GoiásSanta Bárbara de GoiásSanta 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: IndiaraIndiaraIndiara is a small city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.-Location:Indiara is located in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:*north: Palmeiras de Goiás...
- east: Campestre de GoiásCampestre de GoiásCampestre de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:There are municipal boundaries with:*north: Santa Bárbara de Goiás*south: Guapó*east: Trindade*west: Palmeiras de Goiás...
- west: PalminópolisPalminópolisPalminópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Nearby towns are Palmeiras de Goiás, 28 km. to the east, and Turvânia, 22 km. to the north...
Political Information
In January 2005 the Mayor was Ernani Lopes. There were 9 members on the city council and 16,133 eligible voters in December 2007.Demographic Information
In 2007 the population density was 13.77 inhab/km². In 2007 there were 16,763 people living in the urban area and 4,436 people living in the rural area. The population has decreased by about 3,000 people since 1980.Economic Information
The main economic activity is cattle raising. The cultivated area is approximately 1,500 km². The main products grown are corn, rice, cotton, soybeans, beans, tomato, oranges, and guava. There are some small industries producing cotton byproducts, clothing, and furniture. In 2007 there were 38 industrial units and 206 commercial units. There was 1 meat-packing plant—Indústria e Comércio de Carnes Minerva Ltda.--and 1 dairy—Coop. Agropecuária Mista de Palmeiras Ltda. There were 3 fincancial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF.In 2005 the economic sectors employing most workers were: transformation industries—1,306 workers; construction—63 workers; commerce—349 workers; and public administration—457 workers.
In 2007 there were 2,576 automobiles and pickups, which gave a ration of 8 inhabitants for each motor vehicle.
In 2006 there were 147,550 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were cotton (1,500 hectares), rice, bananas, rubber, sugarcane, manioc, guava, oranges, corn (3,300 hectares), soybeans (8,000 hectares), and tomatoes.
- Number of farms: 1,296
- Farm area: 136,659 ha.
- Planted area: 19,250 ha.
- Area of natural pasture: 92,638
- Persons employed in agriculture: 3,500
Health and education
In 2007 there were 2 hospitals with 48 beds and 6 ambulatory health clinics. In 2000 the infant mortality rate was 15.54—below the national average of 33.0.In 2006 the school system had 16 schools and 5,410 students. In 2000 the adult literacy rate was 87.7%--above the national average of 86.4%. The Universidade Estadual de Goiás maintains a campus in the city and there were 336 students enrolled in 2003.
Ranking 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...
- Life expectancy: 72.6
- School attendance rate: 0.796
- MHDI: 0.760
- State ranking: 55 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 1.600 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
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