Petrolina de Goiás

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Petrolina de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

  • Population (2005): 10,155
  • Total area (2002): 540.4 km²
  • Elevation: 720
  • Became a municipality: 1948
  • Statistical microregion: 007 Anápolis Microregion
  • Postal code: 75480-000

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[edit] Location

Petrolina de Goiás is located 81 km. almost due north of Goiânia, the state capital. It is 23 km. southwest of São Francisco de Goiás, 23 km. northwest of Ouro Verde de Goiás, 21 km. north of Damolândia, and 23 km. east of Santa Rosa de Goiás.

Neighboring municipalities: Santa Rosa de Goiás, Jesúpolis, São Francisco de Goiás, and Ouro Verde de Goiás, Pirenópolis, Inhumas and Itauçu.

[edit] Political Information

  • Mayor: Dalton Vieira Santos (January 2005)
  • City council: 9
  • Eligible voters: 7,786 (April 2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

  • Population density: 18.79 inhab/km² (2005)
  • Urban population: 6,422(2003)
  • Rural population: 3,848 (2003)
  • Population growth or loss: a loss of about 2,000 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

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

  • Industrial units: 17 (2005)
  • Commercial units: 69 (2005)
  • Bank agencies: Banco Itaú S.A. - Banco do Brasil S.A. (June 2005)
  • Dairy: Coop. Agropecuária Regional Rio das Almas Ltda (May 2006)
  • Motor vehicles: 827 automobiles (2004)
  • Cattle herd: 59,000 head (2004)
  • Poultry: 53,000 (2004)
  • Swine: 5,400 (20049
  • Dairy cows: 17,000 (2004)
  • Main crops (2005): pineapple, garlic, rice (400 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, corn (4,800 hectares), and tomatoes.

[edit] Education (2005)

  • Schools: 9
  • Classrooms: 7
  • Teachers: 136
  • Students: 2,663
  • Middle school enrollment: 387 students
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 82.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

  • Hospitals: 1
  • Hospital beds: 25
  • Ambulatory clinics: 6
  • Doctors, nurses, dentists: 7, 3, 2 (2002)
  • Infant mortality rate: 18.74 (2000) (national average was 33.0). The infant mortality rate in Petrolina was 40.31 in 1990.

[edit] Income distribution (2000)

  • Households: 3,071
  • Households declaring no income: 50
  • Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 1,427
  • Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 780
  • Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 249
  • Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 238
  • Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 208
  • Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 60
  • Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 28
  • Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 11
  • More than 30 minimum salaries: 20

Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life expectancy: 71.1
  • Adult literacy rate: 0.801
  • School attendance rate: 0.736
  • MHDI: 0.733
  • State ranking: 133 (out of 242 municipalities)
  • National ranking: 2.356 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

All data are from 2000

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