Santa Helena de Goiás
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| Santa Helena de Goiás | |
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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... |
| Area: | 1,127.8 km² |
| Population: | 35,027 (IBGE 2007) |
| Elevation: | 562 m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 75920-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | 013 Sudoeste de Goiás |
| Became a city: | 1948 |
| 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.... : |
196 km. |
| Website: | Câmara Municipal |
Santa Helena 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 southwestern 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 large producer of corn, sugarcane, soybeans, and poultry.
Location
Santa Helena is located in the Sudoeste de Goiás Microregion, 31 kilometers east of the important city of Rio VerdeRio 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...
. It is 32 kilometers south of the BR-060 highway, which links 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...
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....
. 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 195 km.
Municipal boundaries are with:
- north: Santo Antônio da BarraSanto Antônio da BarraSanto Antônio da Barra is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 4,544 in a total area of 451.6 km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 650 meters. Santo Antônio is a large producer of poultry....
- south: Rio VerdeRio VerdeRio 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...
and MaurilândiaMaurilândiathumb|right|250px|Coordinates: Maurilândia is a small town and municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugarcane.-Location:... - east: TurvelândiaTurvelândiaTurvelândia is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location:Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde*Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-060 west from Goiânia, through / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna/ GO-164 / Santa Helena...
- west: Rio VerdeRio Verde, GoiásRio Verde is a city and municipality in the Brazilian state of Goiás. It is a fast-growing center and is the largest producer of grains in the state.-Location:...
History
In 1934 Custódio Vêncio, from Minas GeraisMinas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, arrived in the region and bought a large area of land in the region of Buriti Alegre. He attracted other ranchers to the area and soon there was a settlement called Santa Helena. In 1941 the town began to be built with lots demarcated on land donated by Vêncio. In 1943 the name was changed to Ipeguari, meaning "happy field", in homage to the stream called Campo Alegre that flowed through the region. In 1948, when the city became a municipality, the name reverted to Santa Helena de Goiás by popular acclaim.
Political and Demographic Information
- Mayor: Raquel Mendes Vieira Rodrigues (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 28,560 (2007)
- Population density: 31.06 inhab/km² (2007)
- Urban population: 33,163 (2007)
- Rural population: 1,864 (2007)
- Population growth rate: 0.20% 2000/2007 (Santa Helena has been growing much more slowly than neighbors JataíJataíJataí is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 88,048 in a total area of 7,174.2 km². Jataí is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn. It has the largest herd of cattle in the state and is a large producer of poultry and...
and Rio VerdeRio Verde, GoiásRio Verde is a city and municipality in the Brazilian state of Goiás. It is a fast-growing center and is the largest producer of grains in the state.-Location:...
.
Economic information
The economy is based on mechanized agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.- Industrial units: 48 (2007), employing 970 workers in 2005.
- Commercial units: 412 (2007), employing 1,577 workers in 2005.
- Dairy: Parmalat Brasil S/A - Indústria de Alimentos (22/05/2006)
- Destillery: Usina Santa Helena de Açúcar e de Álcool S/A
- Financial institutions: 5 bank branches (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 4,636 (2007)
- Cattle herd: 50,000 head (7,000 milk cows)
- Main crops: cotton, peanuts, rice, sugarcane (25,000 hectares), bananas, sesame seeds, corn (5,000 hectares), and soybeans (44,000 hectares). In 2006 there were 434 farming units with a total area of 98,968 hectares, of which 70,973 were cultivated. The farming sector employed 1,390 persons in 2006.
Education (2006) and Health (2007)
- Schools: 25 with 9,733 students
- Higher education: UEG - Falculdade de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Santa Helena de Goiás. This is a campus of the Universidade do Estado de Goiás, which was inaugurated in 1999. It offers courses in Agrobusiness Administration, Mathematics, and Information Systems.UEG
- Adult literacy rate: 84.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
- Hospitals: 5
- Hospital beds: 131
- Ambulatory clinics: 8
- Infant mortality rate: 25.03 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
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: 68.55
- Adult literacy rate: 0.822
- School attendance rate: 0.878
- MHDI: 0.747
- State ranking: 84 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 1,973 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
All data are from 2000
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
See also
- List of municipalities in Goiás
- Microregions of Goiás