Cabeceiras

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Cabeceiras
State	Goiás
Area:	1,117.4 km²
Population:	6,942 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	926m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	73870-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Entorno de Brasília
Became a city:	1958
Distance to Goiânia:	344 km.
Website:	none

Cabeceiras is a small town and municipality in east-central Goiás state, Brazil. It is fast becoming a major producer of agricultural products using center pivot irrigation.

1 Location
2 Demographic and political data
3 Economy
4 Health
5 Education
6 Human Development Index
7 External links
8 See also

[edit] Location

Cabeceiras is located directly east of Brasília and is 38 km. south of the important BR-020 highway. The municipal boundaries are with:

North and West: Formosa
South and East: Buritis, Unaí and Cabeceira Grande, all being in Minas Gerais.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 344 km. Highway connections are made from Goiânia by BR-153 / Anápolis / Alexânia / BR-060 / Planaltina(DF) / Formosa / BR-020 / BR-030 / GO-34. For all distances see Seplan

The most important rivers and streams in its territory are the Bezerra, Urucuia, Ribeirão Taboca, Ribeirão da Morte, Córregos Fundo, Cachoeira, Capoeira, Roncador and Salobro; and the lakes of Mato Grande, Roncador, Moirões, Formosa, Penha and Prata.

The name Cabeceiras comes from the sources of several rivers in the region, with importance given to the Rio Urucuia, one of the main tributaries of the Rio Preto, which flows into the São Francisco.

[edit] Demographic and political data

Population density: 6.07 inhab/km² in 2003
Population growth rate 1991-2000: 0.50.%
Population in 1980: 4,993
Population in 1991: 6,464
Urban population in 2003: 4,926
Rural population in 2003: 1,923
Households: 1,805
Households with income of less than one minimum salary: 876
Eligible voters in 2004: 5,708
City government: mayor (Antônio de Almeida Nogueira Neto), vice-mayor (José Igno da Silva), and 09 councilmembers

[edit] Economy

Once a poor area dependent on subsistence farming and extensive but poorly managed cattle raising, the municipality concentrates the base of its economy on agriculture, which is now one of the most dynamic in the state. With a large number of farmers from the south of the country, especially Rio Grande do Sul, agriculture is characterized by use of technology for planting and preparation of the soil, which has given it a high productivity.

There is great production of irrigated corn, soybeans, beans, sorghum, and even wheat. (See below)

One group made up of gauchos (inhabitants of Rio Grande do Sul) has an agricultural area of 50 square kilometres planted with soybeans, corn, beans, sorghum, and wheat.

[edit] Animal Production

cattle herd: 34,800 (2003)
poultry: 66,300 (2003)
dairy cows: 5,800 (2003)
milk production: 6.100 million liters (2003)

[edit] Main agricultural products

Cabeceiras produces rice (600 hectares), bananas, coffee, sugarcane, barley, beans (600 hectares), manioc, passion fruit, corn (8,700 hectares), soybeans (31,000 hectares, sorghum, and wheat.

[edit] Gross Domestic Product

70,484 million in 2003 (This has tripled since 1999.)

[edit] Gross Domestic Product per capita

10,251 in 2003. (This was 3,407 in 1999.)

Financial institutions: Banco Itaú S.A.
Retail establishments: 64 in 2005
Industrial units: 08 in 2005
Motor vehicles: 414 automobiles, 43 trucks, 17 pickup trucks, and 58 motorcycles in 2004