Campos Verdes
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| Campos Verdes | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 443.0 km² |
| Population: | 2,675 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 420m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 76515-000 |
| Became a city: | 1989 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 321 km. |
| Website: | none |
Campos Verdes is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. Campos Verdes was known as the emerald capital of Goiás but is fast losing population as the emeralds have run out.
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[edit] Location
It is located 321 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. Access from Goiânia is made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / Petrolina de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / GO-336 / Itapaci / GO-154 / Pilar de Goiás / Santa Terezinha de Goiás. See Seplan
Municipal boundaries are with:
- North: Mara Rosa
- South: Santa Tereza de Goiás
- East: Alto Horizonte
- West: Uirapuru
[edit] Demographic and Political Data
- Population density in 2003: 12.25 inhab/km²
- Population in 1980: not available
- Population in 1991: 16,648
- Population growth rate 1991/2000: -7,75.%
- Urban population in 2003: 4,729
- Rural population in 2003: 681
- Eligible voters in 2004: 5,147
- City government: mayor (Noé Afonso Filho), vice-mayor (Maria Helena de Deus Siqueira), and 09 councilmembers
- Households in 2000: 2,238
- Households earning less than 01 minimum salary in 2000: 1,337
[edit] History
With the discovery of emeralds in the region the population reached almost 50 thousand in the 1990s, but has now dropped to less than 3 thousand.
It is the typical example of the mining town that grew overnight, with almost no infrastructure, and soon lost its population due to the disappearance of the mineral that had created its wealth. Today Campos Verdes is known by many as a ghost town.
Campos Verdes began when minerals were discovered in 1981. Attracted by the mines, the first settlers began to arrive, forming a settlement called Garimpo, which at the time was a district of Santa Terezinha de Goiás. In 1987 it was raised to the status of municipality.
[edit] Economy
Despite the drop in mineral activity there is still agricultural production based on cattle raising (33,000 head in 2003) and plantations with modest production of pineapple, rice, sugarcane, manioc, and corn.
- GDP in 2003: R$17.685 million
- GDP in 2002: R$16.647 million (0.05% of the state GDP)
- GDP per capita in 2003: R$3,829 (half of the state average)
- GDP per capita in 2002: R$2,798 (state average was R$5,921)
- industrial establishments in 2005: 05
- retail establishments in 2005: 51
- financial institutions in 2005: Bradesco, S.A.
- automobiles in 2004: 168 Seplan
[edit] Health in 2003
- public health clinics (SUS): 02
- hospitals: 02 with 56 beds
- infant mortality rate n 2000: 41.40 Seplan
[edit] Education in 2005
- schools: 10
- classrooms: 64
- teachers: 108
- students: 3,083
- higher education: none
- literacy rate in 2000: 81.7 Seplan
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 63.3
- Adult literacy rate: 0.792
- School attendance rate: 0.940
- MHDI: 0.694
- State ranking: 215 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 3,098 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
