Santo Antônio de Goiás
Santo Antônio de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.
- Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.
Santo Antônio de Goiás | |
|---|---|
 Location in Goiás state | |
  Santo Antônio de Goiás Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Goiás |
| Microregion | Goiânia Microregion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 3,893 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-02:00 (BRST) |
| Postal code | 75374-000 |
Location
Neighboring municipalities are:
- north: Brazabrantes
- south: Goiânia
- east: Nerópolis
- west: Goianira
Political Information
- Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)
Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.
Demographic Information
- Population density: 29.31 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
- Urban population: 3,508 (2007)
- Rural population: 385 (2007)
- Population growth: 3,28% from 2000 to 2007
Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Cattle herd: 17,500 head (2006)
- Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (800 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.
Education (2006)
- Schools: 3
- Classrooms: 26
- Teachers: 52
- Students: 1,258
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
Health (2007)
- Hospitals: 01
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.
Municipal Human Development Index
- MHDI: 0.749
- State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
- National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities
gollark: There's also insect-based food, which apparently also reduces resource use.
gollark: Vegan food companies?
gollark: But who would pay these vegans?
gollark: I've heard it said that it might be more effective for vegans/vegetarians to present not eating meat as an opportunity to do good people may not be aware of, instead of presenting eating meat as EVIL to people who're already doing it.
gollark: Apparently the cancer gets cancer and stops growing or something?
See also
References
Capital: Goiânia | |||||||||||||||||
|  | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.