Formoso

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Formoso is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 5,233 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 847.4 km².

  • Population density: 6.41 hab/km² (2003)
  • Elevation: 569 meters
  • Became a municipality: 1963
  • Microregion: Porangatu Microregion
  • Distance to Goiânia: 399 km.
  • Postal code: 76470-000

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / BR-080 / BR-153 / Uruaçu / Santa Tereza de Goiás / GO-241. See Seplan

Formoso is surrounded by the following municipalities:

Political Data

  • Eligible voters: 3,765 (06/09/2004)
  • Mayor: Maurílio Macedo Gomes (January 2005)
  • Vice-mayor: Walter Pereira Pessoa
  • Councilmembers: 09

Demographic Data

  • Population growth rate 1991/2000: -1.07.%
  • Population in 1980: 15,403
  • Population in 1991: 6,158
  • Urban population in 2003: 3,948
  • Rural population in 2003: 1,466
  • Households in 2000: 1,618
  • Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 872

Economic Data

  • Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$19.689 million
  • Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$16.674 million
  • State ranking of GDP in 2002: 180 out of 246 municipalities
  • Classification of GDP in 2002: R$7.323 million (Agriculture), R$1.776 million (Industry), R$7.586 million (Services)
  • PIB per capita in 2003: R$3,673
  • PIB per capita in 2002: R$3,073 (state average was R$5,921)
  • Industrial units: 07 (10/06/2005)
  • Retail units: 52 (abr/2005)
  • Banking institutions: Banco Itaú S.A. (01/06/2005)
  • Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
  • Automobiles: 335 in 2004

Main agricultural activities:

  • Cattle raising: 46,000 head (2005)
  • Poultry: 24,400
  • Agriculture: rice (350 hectares), sugarcane (20 hectares), manioc (80 hectares), corn (450 hectares), and banana (40 hectares). Statistics are from IBGE

Education and Health

  • Literacy rate: 84.0%
  • Infant mortality rate: 24.07 in 1,000 live births
  • Schools: 08 (2005)
  • Classrooms: 36
  • Teachers: 64
  • Students: 1,477
  • Hospitals: 01 (July 2003
  • Hospital beds: 19
  • Walk-in public health clinics: 02

Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life expectancy: 68.9
  • Adult literacy rate: 0.830
  • School attendance rate: 0.885
  • MHDI: 0.737
  • State ranking: 119 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
  • National ranking: 2,250 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

Data are from 2000

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