Alto Horizonte

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Alto Horizonte is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 2,825 in 2005 and the area of the municipality was 505.6 km².

Elevation: 375 meters
Became a city: 1993
Postal code: : 76560-000

Alto Horizonte is located about 341 kilometers north of the state capital, Goiânia and is in the Porangatu Microregion. Municipal boundaries are with:

north: Mara Rosa
south and east: Nova Iguaçu de Goiás
west: Campinorte

Alto Horizonte is connected by poor roads to Campinorte, which is on the Belém-Brasília highway. Mara Rosa is 32 kilometers to the north and Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is 12 kilometers to the south. All highway connections are of poor quality.

Highway access from Goiânia is made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / Uruaçu / Campinorte / GO-428 / GO-556. See Seplan

Demographic and Political Data

Population density: 5.34 inhab/km² (2003)
Population growth rate 1996/2000: 0.63%
Population in 1991: 1,992
Population in 1980: 2,233
Urban population: 1,764 (2003)
Rural population: 928 (2003)
Number of households: 755 (2000)
Eligible voters: 2,009 (09/2004)
City government: mayor (Luiz Borges da Cruz), vice-mayor (Lúcio Agostinho Fideles), and 09 councilmembers

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising (38,000 head in 2003) and plantations of rice (250 hectares), manioc (25 hectares), and corn (400 hectares).

The Gross Domestic Product was 12.7 million Reais in 2002, which was 0.04% of the state GDP of 31.298 billion Reais. [1]

The Gross Demestic Product per capita was 4,747 Reais in 2002, which was below the state average of 5,921 Reais. [2]
Banking establishment: none in 2005
Industrial units: 07 in 2005
Retail units: 17 in 2005

There were 104 automobiles, 8 trucks, 15 pickups, and 113 motorcycles registered in 2004. [3]

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