Flores de Goiás

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Flores de Goiás is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 9,045 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 3,722.8 km².

Population density: 2.23 hab/km² (2003)
Elevation: 440
Raised to municipal status: 1953
Postal code: 73890-000

Location

Located in the Vão do Paranã Microregion, Flores has boundaries with Buritis, Sítio d'Abadia, Vila Boa, Alvorada do Norte, Iaciara, Nova Roma, São João d'Aliança, Formosa and Alto Paraíso de Goiás.

Flores is 438 km. from Goiânia. Highway connections with the capital are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / GO-114.

Geography

The Rio Paranã supplies much of the water for irrigation of the crops and filling up of small dams for livestock raising. Other rivers of importance are: Macacos, Piripiri, Santa Maria, Corrente, Canabrava, Bonifácio, Gameleira and Macacão.

In the municipality the relief is varied with mountains, plains, and uplands. The main climate is semi-humid hot tropical, with four to five dry months. The vegetation still shows traces of native tropical forest.

Political Data

Eligible voters: 4,911 (06/09/2004)
Mayor: Maria dos Reis de Souza Ferreira Leal (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Antônio do Rosário Gualberto de Brito
Councilmembers: 09

Demographic data

Population growth rate 1991/2000: 4.47.%
Population in 1980: 3,888
Population in 1991: 5,071
Urban population in 2003: 1,977
Rural population in 2003: 6,290
Households in 2000: 1,447
Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 783

[edit] Economy

The economy is still based on the large ranch holdings. Cattle raising is the main occupation followed by swine, sheep and poultry raising. Cattle are sold in Formosa, Brasília, and São Paulo. Most of the big cattle ranchers as well as the planters are from the south of the country. They are either Gaúchos or Parananeses. Almost all of the cattle raised are Nelore. They raise cattle to fatten them and then they sell them in large auctions in Formosa or to confiners.

Other farmers from the south have planted irrigated rice. One has a production of 80 thousand sacks a year, planted in 8 square kilometres. They sell to large companies like; Arroz Cristal, Anapolino and Goianão.[1]

Economic data

Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$53.144 million
Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$38.441 million
State ranking of GDP in 2002: 111 out of 246 municipalities
Classification of GDP in 2002: R$22.227 million (Agriculture), R$2.509 million (Industry), R$11.721 million (Services)
PIB per capita in 2003: R$6,258
PIB per capita in 2002: R$4,679 (state average was R$5,921)
Industrial units: 01 (10/06/2005)
Retail units: 50 (abr/2005)
Banking institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
Automobiles: 165 in 2004
Cattle: 139,600 head (2004)
Poultry: 16,300
Swine: 2,200
Milk cows: 8,000
Rice: 76.00 km²
Corn: 25.00 km²
Soybeans: 14.00 km²
Modest production of manioc, sugarcane, beans and bananas.