Iporá

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Iporá
State	Goiás
Area:	1,026.4 km²
Population:	32,310 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	584 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76200-000
Became a city:	1948
Distance to Goiânia:	225 km.
IBGE statistical microregion:	Iporá Microregion
Website:	Prefeitura Municipal de Iporá

Iporá is a small city and municipality in west-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 32,310 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 1,026.4 km² (10/10/2002). It is known as the City of the Clear Waters because of its many streams and rivers. Diario da Manhã

1 Location
2 Geography and climate
3 Political and Demographic Data
4 Economy
5 Education and Health
6 Human Development Index
7 Sources of Data
8 External links

[edit] Location

Iporá is the center of the Iporá Microregion encompassing 10 other municipalities with a population of 64,030 inhabitants in a total area of 7,096.60 km². The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 225 km. and connections are made by highway GO-060 passing through / Trindade / Turvânia / Firminópolis / Israelândia. [1]

The municipal boundaries in the north are with Diorama, Jaupaci and Israelândia; in the south with Amorinópolis and Ivolândia; in the east with Moiporá and Ivolândia; and in the west with Arenópolis.

[edit] Geography and climate

There are low mountains: Serra do Caiapó, Serra dos Pilões, Serra do Rio Claro, and Morro do Macaco, where there are deposits of nickel.

The region has a tropical climate, hot and semi-moist, with two well defined seasons: humid, from October to March, with torrential rains, corresponding to spring and summer and known as the season of the waters; and dry, from April to September, corresponding to autumn and winter, known as the dry season. The temperature varies between the average minimum of 18ºC and the average maximum of 26ºC. Annual rainfall is 1,500 cubic milliliters.

[edit] Political and Demographic Data

Eligible voters: 22,997 (06/09/2004)
Mayor: Mac Mahoen Távora Diniz (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Auelione Alves da Silva
Councilmembers: 09

Population growth rate 1991/2000: 0.59.%
Population in 1980: 27,248
Population in 1991: 29,688
Urban population in 2003: 29,036
Rural population in 2003: 2,761

[edit] Economy

Commerce is the main economic activity with over 891 enterprises registered. Cattle raising is also important with 93,500 head registered. The dairy industry (15,000 milking cows) is especially vibrant with three milk companies operating in the region. In addition there is a large poultry industry with 70,000 birds registered in 2004.

Economic Data

Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$107.399 million
Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$93.441 million
State ranking of GDP in 2002: 63 out of 246 municipalities
Classification of GDP in 2002: R$20.12 million (Agriculture), R$17.36 million (Industry), R$57.96 million (Services)
PIB per capita in 2003: R$3,362
PIB per capita in 2002: R$2,942 (state average was R$5,921)
Industrial units: 74 (10/06/2005)
Retail units: 414 (Apr/2005)
Lodging and restaurants: 41 units
Banking institutions: - Banco do Brasil S.A. - BRADESCO S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF - (01/06/2005)
Dairies: Laticínios Morrinhos Ind. e Com. Ltda.; - Laticínios Caetano Ltda (07/06/2005)
Meat-packing plants: (07/06/2005)
Distilleries: (Jun/2005)
Industrial zone: Distrito Agroindustrial - DAIPO (Jan/2005)
Automobiles: 3,770 in 2004
Motorcycles: 3,607

Main agricultural products (in total hectares planted)

bananas: 32 hectares (2005)
manioc: 300 hectares
rice: 300 hectares
corn: 1,200 hectares
soybeans: 1,600 hectares

Data are from IBGE

[edit] Education and Health

Literacy rate: 87.5%
Infant mortality rate: 17.12 in 1,000 live births
Schools: 33 (2005)
Classrooms: 231
Teachers: 489
Students: 9,419
Higher education: UEG - Faculdade de Educação, Ciências e Letras - de Iporá - Faculdade de Iporá-FAI
Hospitals: 04 (July 2003)
Hospital beds: 291
Walk-in clinics: 12
Doctors: 61 (2002)
Nurses: 07
Dentists: 06