Porteirão
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...
Coordinates:	17°49′10"S 50°08′34"W
Area:	603.9 km²
Population:	3,008 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	470 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75603-000
Became a city:	1997
Mayor:	Pedro Augusto dos Reis (January 2005 to January 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.... :	178 km.
IBGE statistical microregion:	Meia Ponte Microregion Meia Ponte Microregion The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE . It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 cities with a total population of 338,147 inhabitants . The total area is 21,229.00 km² and the population density is 14.39 inhab/km²...
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Porteirão 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 south 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...

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Geographical Information

Porteirão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion

Meia Ponte Microregion

The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE . It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 cities with a total population of 338,147 inhabitants . The total area is 21,229.00 km² and the population density is 14.39 inhab/km²...

 in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde

Rio Verde

Rio Verde can mean the following:-Brazil:* Rio Verde, Goiás* Lucas do Rio Verde* Conceição do Rio Verde* Rio Verde de Mato Grosso-Brazil:29 rivers including:* Verde River...

 with Itumbiara

Itumbiara

Itumbiara is a small city and municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. The population was 100,000 in a total area of 2,461,3 km²...

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The distance to 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....

, is 178 km. Highway connections from 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-040 / Aragoiânia

Aragoiânia

Aragoiânia is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,243 in a total area of 219.5 km²....

 / Cromínia

Cromínia

Cromínia is a small town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for its chrome mines.-Geographical Information:Cromínia is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion, which includes the cities in the Meia Ponte River basin...

 / GO-319 / Pontalina

Pontalina

Pontalina is a small city and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil.GeographyPontalina is 125 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is connected by highways BR-153 and GO-19...

 / GO-040 / Aloândia

Aloândia

Aloândia is a small town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 2,065 in 2007 and the municipal area was 102.1 km², one of the smallest in the state of Goiás.-Geographical Information:...

 / BR-452 / Bom Jesus de Goiás

Bom Jesus de Goiás

Bom Jesus de Goiás is a town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of soybeans.-Geographical Information:The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 223 km and it is linked by highways BR-452 and GO-040...

 / GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in 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...

 see Seplan

Neighboring municipalities are:

• north: Acreúna
  Acreúna
  Acreúna is a small city and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Acreúna is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois, southwest of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-060, which links Goiânia with Rio Verde...
  
  
• south: Goiatuba
  Goiatuba
  Goiatuba is a small city and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 31,225 in a total area of 2,475.10 km² . Goiatuba is a large producer of grains, especially soybeans and corn....
  
  
• east: Vicentópolis and Goiatuba
  Goiatuba
  Goiatuba is a small city and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 31,225 in a total area of 2,475.10 km² . Goiatuba is a large producer of grains, especially soybeans and corn....
  
  
• west: Santa Helena de Goiás
  Santa Helena de Goiás
  Santa Helena de Goiás is a small city and municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of corn, sugarcane, soybeans, and poultry.-Location:...
  
  

Demographics

• Population density: 4.98 inhab/km² (2007)
• Urban population: 2,726(2007)
• Rural population: 282 (2007)
• Population growth or loss: 0.91% from 2000/2007

The economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

• Industrial units: 2 (2006)
• Commercial units: 45 (2006)
• Cattle herd: 24,280 head (2006)
• Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, sugarcane (13,000 hectares), beans, soybeans (18,000 hectares), sorghum, and corn.
• People employed in agriculture: 1,670
• Number of farming establishments: 43
• Area of the farming establishments: 27,367 ha.
• Area in planted crops: 17,500 ha.
• Farming establishments with tractors: 14

Education (2006)

• Schools: 2 with 821 students
• Higher education: none
• Adult literacy rate: 80.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

• Hospitals: 0
• Hospital beds: 0
• Ambulatory clinics: 1
• Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

Qualtity of Life

The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations Human Development Index

Human Development Index

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 (2000), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalites in the state of 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...

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