Piranhas, Goiás

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Piranhas is a small town and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of milk and has a large herd of cattle.

Population: 11,959 (2005 estimate)
Area: 2,047.7 km² (2002)
Elevation: 389
Became a municipality: 1953
Microregion: Aragarças Microregion
Postal code: 76230-000

1 Location
2 Political Information
3 Demographic Information
4 Economic Information
5 Education (2005)
6 Health (2003)
7 Income distribution (2000)
8 Tourism
9 Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
10 See also
11 Sources of Data

[edit] Location

Piranhas is located on the Piranhas River and is served by highways: BR-158, which connects Jataí to Aragarças; and GO-060, which connects Piranhas to Iporá.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 321 km. Highway connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Nazário / São Luís de Montes Belos / Israelândia / Iporá / Arenópolis. For the complete list see Seplan

Municipal boundaries are with:

north and west: Bom Jardim de Goiás
east: Arenópolis
south: Palestina de Goiás and Doverlândia

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Eurídes Maria Rosa Naves (January 2005)
Votes in last election: 3,860 (04/10/2004)
Political party: COLIGAÇÃO ESPERANÇA (PP / PT / PFL / PSB / PC do B)
City council: 9
Eligible voters: 9,104 (April 2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 5.84 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 9,875(2003)
Rural population: 2,251 (2003)
Population growth or loss: a loss of about 4,000 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

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

Industrial units: 21 (2005)
Commercial units: 125 (2005)
Bank agencies: Banco do Brasil S.A. - BRADESCO S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A.

(June 2005)

Dairy: Maroca Indústria de Laticínios. - Lactosul Ind. de Laticínios Ltda (May 2006)
Motor vehicles: 813 automobiles (2004)
Cattle herd: 194,500 head (2004)
Poultry: 36,220 (2004)
Swine: 6,590 (20049
Dairy cows: 22,050 (2004)
Main crops (2005): pineapple, rice (1,116 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, soybeans (3,234 hectares), and corn (350 hectares).

[edit] Education (2005)

Schools: 11
Classrooms: 88
Teachers: 188
Students: 3,469
Middle school enrollment: 474 students
Higher education: Campus of the State University of Goiás
Adult literacy rate: 84.8% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

Hospitals: 2
Hospital beds: 78
Ambulatory clinics: 2
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 19, 2, 4 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 28.24 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

[edit] Income distribution (2000)

Households: 3,665
Households declaring no income: 296
Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 1,407
Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 923
Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 325
Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 303
Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 241
Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 68
Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 50
Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 20
More than 30 minimum salaries: 32

[edit] Tourism

There is great potential for ecoturism. It is an ideal place for those who want to practice hiking, going down rapids, diving and other sports activities practiced near nature. The São Domingos river is ideal for canoeing, and descending on rafts or tire-tubes. Hikers can walk through totally virgen forests, which have unexplored caves.