Ipameri

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Ipameri
State	Goiás
Area:	4,368.6 km²
Population:	23,777 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	764m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75780-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	017 Catalão Microregion
Became a city:	1870
Distance to Goiânia:	193 km.
Website:	Official site of the Prefeitura

Ipameri is a small city and municipality in southeastern Goiás state, in Brazil. The population was 23,777 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 4,368.6 km² (10/10/2002). It is a major producer of soybeans, corn, and livestock.

1 Location and connections
2 Political data
3 Demographic data
4 Economy
- 4.1 Economic data
5 Education and health
6 Municipal Human Development Index
7 External links
8 See also
9 Sources of data

[edit] Location and connections

Ipameri is located east of Caldas Novas and 65 km. northwest of Catalão. It is part of the Catalão Microregion, which includes 11 cities with 114,686 inhabitants in a total area of 15,238.60 km². [1]

Limiting municipalities: Caldas Novas, Campo Alegre de Goiás, Catalão, Cristalina, Corumbaíba, Goiandira, Luziânia, Nova Aurora, Orizona, Pires do Rio, Urutaí and Paracatu - MG

Ipameri is 193 km from the state capital, Goiânia, and 300 km. from the federal capital, Brasília. The city is on the railroad linking Goiânia and Anápolis with São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. It is also accessible by highway from Goiânia, which lies to the northwest.

Highway connections from Goiânia are by BR-352 / Bela Vista de Goiás / Cristianópolis / GO-020 / Pires do Rio / GO-330. [2]

[edit] Political data

Eligible voters: 17,956 (06/09/2004)
Mayor: Jânio Antônio Carneiro (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Ailton dos Santos Vaz
Councilmembers: 09

[edit] Demographic data

Population growth rate 1991/2000: 0.94.%
Population in 1980: 20,384
Population in 1991: 20,794
Population in 2000: 22,578
Urban population in 2000: 18,948
Rural population in 2000: 4,245

[edit] Economy

Lying in rolling uplands between the Veríssimo and Corumbá rivers, tributaries of the Paranaíba, Ipameri is primarily a cattle-shipping centre that also houses meat-processing and rice-hulling plants.

Ipamerí has a modern and mechanized agriculture. The municipality is the largest producer of cereals in the Southeast region of Goiás and one of the biggest in the state. The most important crops are cotton and soy, but there is also cultivation of corn, rice, potato, tomato, coffee, manioc, and garlic.

Main agricultural products in total planted area (2003)

coffee: 5.65 km²
cotton: 30.04 km²
rice: 10.00 km²
sugarcane: 15.40 km²
beans: 11.00 km²
corn: 170.00 km²
soybeans: 540.00 km²
sorghum: 20.00 km²
wheat: 5.64 km²

Data are from IBGE

Cattle raising is also very important. There is a herd of approximately 180,000 head, divided between beef and dairy cattle.

Main industries are in cotton processing, soybean oil production, dairy products, and bricks and tiles.

[edit] Economic data

Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$230.776 million
Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$180.011 million
State ranking of GDP in 2002: 31 out of 246 municipalities
Classification of GDP in 2002: R$98.002 million (Agriculture), R$23.006 million (Industry), R$58.088 million (Services)
PIB per capita in 2003: R$9,878
PIB per capita in 2002: R$7,775 (state average was R$5,921)
Industrial units: 52 (10/06/2005)
Retail units: 240 (abr/2005)
Lodging and restaurants: 36
Banking institutions: - Banco do Brasil S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF (01/06/2005)
Dairies: - Laticínios Carvalho Ltda.; - Cooperativa Agropecuária do Vale do Corumbá Ltda (07/06/2005)
Meat-packing plants: FRI-SOL - Frigorífico Sol Nascente Ltda.; - GAASA e Alimentos Ltda.; - Carvalho e Pinheiro Ltda. (07/06/2005)
Distilleries: LASA - Lago Azul S/A (jun/2005)
Industrial zone: Distrito Agroindustrial - DIAIPA (Jan/2005)
Automobiles: 2,571
Motorcycles: 675

[edit] Education and health

Literacy rate: 89.5%
Infant mortality rate: 24.5 in 1,000 live births
Schools: 33 (2005)
Classrooms: 221
Teachers: 404
Students: 6,991
Higher education: Unidade Universitária da UEG. - Campus IV da Universidade Católica (Sept/2004)
Hospitals: 02 (July 2003
Hospital beds: 223
Walk-in clinics: 16
Doctors: 45 (2002)
Nurses: 02
Dentists: 08