Hidrolina
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Hidrolina is a small town and municipality in north-central Goiás, Brazil. The population was 4,278 (2005 projection) and the area of the municipality was 580.386 km² (10/10/2002).
- Population density: 7.61 inhab/km² (2003)
- Elevation: 603 meters
- Became a city: 1958
- Postal code: 76375-000
Hidrolina is in the Ceres Microregion north of the state capital, Goiânia. It is 27 kilometers northeast of São Luíz do Norte, which is on the junction with the important BR-153 highway. There is another dirt road going east for 14 kilometers to Pilar de Goiás. The distance to Goiânia is 267 km. and highway connections are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / São Luíz do Norte / GO-338. See Seplan
Municipal boundaries are with:
- north: Uruaçu
- south: São Luíz do Norte
- east: Santa Rita do Novo Destino
- west: Pilar de Goiás
Political data
- Eligible voters: 3,111 (06/09/2004)
- Mayor: Wilton Moreira Alves (January 2005)
- Vice-mayor: Nivaldo Vieira Vaz
- Councilmembers: 09
Demographic data
- Population growth rate 1991/2000: -1.0
- Population in 1980: 4,813
- Population in 1991: 4,979
- Urban population in 2003: 2,995
- Rural population in 2003: 1,420
Economic data
- Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$19.341 million
- Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$16.020 million
- State ranking of GDP in 2002: 189 out of 246 municipalities
- Classification of GDP in 2002: R$7.038 million (Agriculture), R$2.155 million (Industry), R$6.633 million (Services)
- PIB per capita in 2003: R$4,420
- PIB per capita in 2002: R$3,621 (state average was R$5,921)
- Industrial units: 09 (10/06/2005)
- Retail units: 35 (abr/2005)
- Banking institutions: Banco Itaú S.A. (01/06/2005)
- Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
- Meat-packing plants: none (07/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 20 in 2004
Main agricultural activities:
- Cattle raising: 39,000 head (2005)
- Poultry: 12,500
- Agriculture: rice (3 km²), sugarcane (10 km²), manioc (0.18 km²), corn (6 km²), soybeans (8 km²) and banana (0.12 km²). Statistics are from IBGE
Education and health
- Literacy rate: 86.3%
- Infant mortality rate: 31.12 in 1,000 live births
- Schools: 08 (2005)
- Classrooms: 39
- Teachers: 68
- Students: 1,427
- Hospitals: 01 (July 2003
- Hospital beds: 20
- Walk-in public health clinics: 02
- Doctors: 01 (2002)
- Nurses: 0
- Dentists: 0
Hidrolina was ranked 114 out of 242 municipalities on the Human Development Index for the state of Goiás, with data from 2000. Life expectancy was 66.4 for males and females. Per capital monthly income in Brazilian reais was 220, which was approximately 85 EUROS at March 2006 exchange rates.
Data are from 2000
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