Mundo Novo

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Mundo Novo is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Population (2005): 9,759
Area of the municipality (2002): 2,146.6 km²
Elevation: 263 meters
Became a municipality: 1980
Postal code: 76530-000

1 Location
2 Political Information
3 Demographic Information
4 Economic Information
5 Health and Education
6 Sources of Data

[edit] Location

Mundo Novo is located in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion in the extreme north-west of the state. It is cut by the Rio Palmital, which flows north into the Araguaia River. It has road connections with São Miguel--72 kilometers to the north, Nova Crixás--42 kilometers to the south, and Uirapuru--67 kilometes to the southeast.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 429 km. Highway connections are made by GO-070 / Goianira / Inhumas / Itaberaí / BR-070 / Goiás / GO-164 / Faina / Araguapaz / Nova Crixás / GO-156 for 42 km. For the complete list of distances in Goiás see Seplan

Neighboring municipalities are:

There are several rivers: Rio Palmital, Rio Crixás, and Rio Crixás Mirim, all of them tributaries of the Araguaia River

[edit] Political Information

In January 2005 the Mayor was Maria Beatriz Alves Azambuja and the Vice-mayor was Carlos Osário Lacerda. The city council had 9 members and in 2004 there were 4,791 eligible voters.

[edit] Demographic Information

In 2003 the population density was 4.16 inhab/km². The urban population was 2,545 and the rural population was 5,375. The population has been growing substantially since 1991, when it was 5,476. Between 1991 and 2000 the geometric population growth rate was 4.46.%.

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on cattle raising, agriculture, services, government employment, wood extraction, and modest transformation industries. In 2005 there were 5 industrial establishments and 63 retail establishments. There was one financial institution: BRADESCO S.A. The sectors employing most of the workers were: public administration with 259 workers, commerce with 119 workers, and agriculture and forestry with 93 workers. In 2004 there were 169 automobiles, 22 trucks, 11 pickup trucks, and 160 motorcycles.

In 2004 there were 197,215 head of cattle, of which only 4,600 were milk cows. Poultry and swine production was on a minor scale. In 2005 the main agricultural products were pineapple, squash, cotton, rice, sugarcane, sesame, manioc, watermelon, and corn. Only corn had a planted area of over 1,000 hectares, with 1,900 hectares.

[edit] Health and Education

In 2003 there was 1 hospital with 20 beds and 2 walk-in health clinics. In 2004 there were 6 doctors, 2 nurses, and 1 dentist. The infant mortality rate was 31.85, higher than the national average of 35.0 in the same year.

In 2005 the school system had 6 schools, 44 classrooms, 96 teachers, and 2,378 students. There was 1 public middle school and no institutions of higher learning. The adult literacy rate was 81.1%, lower than the national rate of 86.4%.

Mundo Novo is in an isolated and impoverished region of the state. It ranks 0.692 on the 2000 United Nations Human Development Index and is 216 out of 242 municipalities in the state and 3,118 out of 5,507 in the country

For the complete list see Frigoletto