Aporé
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| Aporé |
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| Country | Brazil |
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| State | Goiás |
| Municipality | Aporé |
| Incorporated | 1958 |
| Mayor | Alceu Barreto Cardoso Filho |
| Vice Mayor | Marlene Sant´ana Vasques Novaes |
| Area | |
| - City | 2,909 km² |
| Elevation | 538 m |
| Population | |
| - City (2005) | 2,100 |
| - Density | 1.19/km² |
| estimated | |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC-3) |
| Postal code | 75825-000 |
Aporé is a small town and municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. The municipality is a large producer of cattle.
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[edit] Location and Communications
Aporé is 456 quilômetros from the state capital, Goiânia, near the boundary with the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It is linked by highways BR-060 / Guapó / Indiara / Rio Verde / GO-174 / GO-422 / GO-206 / Caçu / GO-178 / Itajá / GO-302. [1] It is part of the Southwest Goiás Microregion
Municipal boundaries are with:
- North: Serranópolis
- South: State of Mato Grosso do Sul
- East: Itajá
- West: Chapadão do Céu
[edit] Demographic and Political Data
- Population growth rate 1991/2000: -4,07.% (2003)
- Population in 1980: 2,764
- Population in 1991: 4,979
- Urban population: 2,110 (2003)
- Rural population: 1,353 (2003)
- Eligible voters: 2,794 (09/2004)
- City government: mayor (Alceu Barreto Cardoso Filho), vice-mayor (Marlene Sant´ana Vasques Novaes), and 09 councilpersons
- Households: 1,027 (2000)
- Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 265 (2000)
[edit] Climate
The climate is tropical humid, with average temperatures between 20ºC and 30ºC. The average elevation is 500 meters above sea level. Important rivers are the Aporé, which forms the boundary between the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul, the Corrente, the Peixe and the Prata.
[edit] Economy
The main economic activity is cattle raising (220,000 head) and agriculture. The main crops in 2003 were rice (200 hectares planted), corn (400 hectares planted), soybeans (3,900 hectares), and sorghum (380 hectares). There is one finanacial institution. The largest job provider is the public administration, which employs 208 workers. The transformation industries employs 65 workers, and the commercial industry employes 41 workers.
- Number of establishments in retail sector: 31 (April 2005)
[edit] Gross Domestic Product-GDP
- Gross Domestic Product: 53.3 million Reais, which was 0.17% of the state PIB of 31.3 billion Reais in 2002.
- Gross Domestic Product per capita: 15,420 Reais, which was almost three times the state average of 5,921 Reais in 2002. See [2]
[edit] Motor Vehicles
- automobiles: 204
- trucks: 38
- pickups: 30
- motorcycles: 60
(IBGE 2004)
[edit] Financial Institutions
- Banco do Brasil (2005)
[edit] Health and Education
- health establishments: 02
- hospital beds: 0
- doctors, nurses, dentists: 06, 02, 02
- infant mortality rate (for every 1,000 born alive): 1990--39.53; 2000--23.82
(IBGE 2002)
- primary school enrollment, teachers, schools: 729, 38, 03
- middle school enrollment, teachers, schools: 150, 12, 01
- higher education: none reporting
- literacy rate: 1990--79.8%; 2000--85.4%
(IBGE 2002)
[edit] Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 69.01
- Adult literacy rate: 0.837
- School attendance rate: 0.766
- MHDI: 0.752
- State ranking: 72 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 1,827 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
MHDI data are from 2000.
