Santo Antônio de Goiás
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Santo Antônio de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.
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[edit] Important Facts
- Population: 3,806 (2005)
- Elevation: not available
- Area: 132.8 km²
- Became a municipality: 1993
- Microregion: Goiânia Microregion [1]
- Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.
[edit] Location
Neighboring municipalities are:
- north: Brazabrantes
- south: Goiânia
- east: Nerópolis
- west: Goianira
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 2,743 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 28.66 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 2,564 (2000)
- Rural population: 542 (2000)
- Population growth: a gain of about 1,400 people since 1996
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 7 (2005)
- Commercial units: 29 (2005)
- Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 320 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 16,845 head (1,646 milk cows) (2004)
- Poultry: 44,161 head (2004)
- Swine: 1,812 head (2004)
- Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (600 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 3
- Classrooms: 25
- Teachers: 51
- Students: 1,320
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 0
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 8, 2, 4 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 70.160
- Adult literacy rate: 0.855
- School attendance rate: 0.763
- Monthly per capita income: 215.349
- MHDI: 0.749
- State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
- National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities
Data are from 2000