Paranaiguara
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Paranaiguara is a small town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.
- Population (2005): 8,639
- Area (2002): 1,153.7 km²
- Elevation: 479 meters
- Became a municipality: 1953
- Postal code: 75880-000
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[edit] Location
Paranaiguara is in the Quirinópolis Microregion, whose most important city is Quirinópolis. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 351 km. Highway connections are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / GO-164 / Quirinópolis / BR-483 / GO-164. [1]
There are municipal boundaries with:
- north: Quirinópolis
- south: São Simão
- east: São Simão and Santa Vitória, Minas Gerais
- west: Cachoeira Alta and Caçu
The climate is temperate tropical, with an average annual temperature of 26ºC. There are maximums of 26ºC and minimums of 10ºC.
The main river is the Paranaíba, which has tributaries such as the Rio Claro and Ribeirão Alegre.
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Lázaro Soares de Aquino (January 2005)
- City council: 9
- Eligible voters: 7,010 (April 2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 7.49 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 7,357 >(2003)
- Rural population: 1,055 (2003)
- Population growth: a gain of about 1,000 people since 1980
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. In the secondary sector there are clothing industries, brickworks, and a paving company.
- Industrial units: 19 (2005)
- Commercial units: 73 (2005)
- Bank agencies: Banco Itaú S.A.
- Motor vehicles: 766 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 120,000 head (2004)
- Poultry: 15,300 (2004)
- Swine: 2,750 (20049
- Dairy cows: 8,500 (2004)
- Main crops (2005): manioc, corn (1,000), and soybeans (2,000 hectares).
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 5
- Classrooms: 51
- Teachers: 100
- Students: 2,242
- Middle schools enrollment: 350 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 84.3% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 33
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 8,0,1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 22.10 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
[edit] Income distribution (2000)
- Households: 2,548
- Households declaring no income: 164
- Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 846
- Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 845
- Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 230
- Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 202
- Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 153
- Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 44
- Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 26
- Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 8
- More than 30 minimum salaries: 30
[edit] History
Paranaiguara began in the 1930s when diamond prospectors came into the area. In 1950 the settlement became a district of Quirinópolis and in 1967 it got its emancipation with the present name. The name means "inhabitants of the great river" in Tupi-guarani.
In 1976 the construction of the São Simão dam and reservoir forced the evacuation of the old town, which was moved 15 kilometers away.
[edit] Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 69.69
- Adult literacy rate: 0.823
- School attendance rate: 0.810
- MHDI: 0.751
- State ranking: 73 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 1,854 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
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