Perolândia

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Perolândia is a small town and municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of soybeans.

  • Population: 3,639 (2005 estimate)
  • Municipal area: 1,029.6 km² (2002)
  • Elevation: 889 meters
  • Became a municipalilty:
  • Postal code: 75823-000

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[edit] Location and Distances

Perolândia is located in the Southwest Goiás Microregion north of the Rio Claro. There are paved road connections with Jataí, which lies to the southeast.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia is 413 km. Highway connections are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Rio Verde / Jataí / GO-050 / BR-364 / GO-516. [1]

Municipal boundaries are with:

[edit] Political Information

  • Mayor: Nélson Américo da Costa (January 2005)
  • City council: 9
  • Eligible voters: 2,378 (April 2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

  • Population density: 3.53 inhab/km² (2005)
  • Urban population: 1,718 >(2003)
  • Rural population: 1,490 (2003)
  • Population growth: a gain of about 1,600 people since 1996

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

  • Industrial units: 3 (2005)
  • Commercial units: 33 (2005)
  • Bank agencies: none
  • Motor vehicles: 99 automobiles (2004)
  • Cattle herd: 27,628 head (2004)
  • Poultry: 9,550 (2004)
  • Swine: 2,305 (20049
  • Dairy cows: 3,640 (2004)
  • Main crops (2005): cotton (2,200 hectares), rice (1,080 hectares), bananas, coffee, beans, manioc, corn (6,355 hectares), sorghum (4,000 hectares) and soybeans (41,900 hectares).

[edit] Education (2005)

  • Schools: 4
  • Classrooms: 25
  • Teachers: 57
  • Students: 1,086
  • Middle school enrollment: 145 students
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 85.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

  • Hospitals: 0
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 1
  • Doctors, nurses, dentists: 1, 1, 1 (2002)
  • Infant mortality rate: 28.66 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

[edit] Income distribution (2000)

  • Households: 638
  • Households declaring no income: 57
  • Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 133
  • Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 192
  • Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 101
  • Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 73
  • Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 50
  • Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 11
  • Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 8
  • Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 2
  • More than 30 minimum salaries: 11


[edit] Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life Expectancy: 67.2
  • Adult Literacy Rate: .83
  • School Attendance Rate: .78
  • Monthly Per Capita Income: 211.00 Reais
  • MHDI: 0.730
  • Ranking in the state: 145 out of 242 municipalities
  • National ranking: 2423 out of 5,507 municipalities

Data are from 2000

For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources of Data

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