Gameleira de Goiás
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Gameleira de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 2,782 (2005 estimate)in a total area of 595 square kilometers.
- Population density: 4.51 inhab/km² (2003)
- Elevation: n/a
- Became a city: 1998 (dismembered from Silvânia
- Statistical microregion: Pires do Rio Microregion
- Postal code: 75184000
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 99 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-457 / GO-010 / Bonfinópolis / Leopoldo de Bulhões / Silvânia / GO-437. (18 km unpaved).
Gameleira has municipal boundaries with Silvânia, Abadiânia, and Anápolis.
Political Data
- Eligible voters: 2,129 (June 2004)
- Mayor: José Denisson de Sousa (January 2005)
- Vice-mayor: Marizete Coelho Borges
- Councilmembers: 09
Economic Data
- Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$34.550 million
- Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$33.232 million
- State ranking of GDP in 2002: 130 out of 246 municipalities
- Classification of GDP in 2002: R$25.563 million (Agriculture), R$1.273 million ([[Industry]), R$6.311 million (Services)
- PIB per capita in 2003: R$12.730
- PIB per capita in 2002: R$12.396 (state average was R$5,921)
- Industrial units: 02 (October 2005)
- Retail units: 20 (abr/2005)
- Banking institutions: none (January 2005)
- Dairies: none (July 2005)
- Automobiles: 106 in 2004
[edit] Agriculture
Agriculture is based on cattle raising and growing of corn, sugarcane, rice, and soybeans.
In 2004 the cattle herd was 27,000 head, of which 4,000 were milking cows. The main agricultural products in planted area were:
| Product | Area (hectares) |
|---|---|
| soybeans | 25,000 (80,000 tons) |
| corn | 1,200 |
| beans | 1,100 |
| sorghum | 1,000 |
| tomatoes | 260 |
| rice | 200 |
| manioc | 130 |
| onions | 65 |
| sugarcane | 25 |
| garlic | 13 |
| potatoes | 13 |
| oranges | 10 |
| passion fruit | 10 |
Education and Health
- Literacy rate: n/a
- Infant mortality rate: n/a
- Schools: 03 (2005)
- Classrooms: 37
- Teachers: 36
- Students: 865
- Hospitals: 0 (July 2003)
- Hospital beds: 0
- Walk-in public health clinics: 01
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