Palminópolis

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Palminópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

  • Population (2005): 3,518
  • Total area (2002): 387.6 km²
  • Population density: 8.44 inhab/km²
  • Elevation: 719 meters
  • Became a municipality: 1961
  • Microregion: 014 Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
  • Postal code: 75990-000

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[edit] Location

Palminópolis is located 88 km. east of the state capital, Goiânia. Nearby towns are Palmeiras de Goiás, 28 km. to the east, and Turvânia, 22 km. to the north. The Turvo River lies to the west.

Neighboring municipalities: São João da Paraúna, Palmeiras de Goiás, Jandaia, Paraúna and Turvânia

[edit] Political Information

  • Mayor: Erisval Vicente Santana (January 2005)
  • City council: 9
  • Eligible voters: 3,365 (April 2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

  • Population density: 9.07 inhab/km² (2005)
  • Urban population: 2,360 >(2003)
  • Rural population: 1,180 (2003)
  • Population growth: a loss of about 800 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industry.

  • Industrial units: 7 (2005)
  • Commercial units: 37 (2005)
  • Dairy: Indústria e Comércio de Laticínios Saltador Ltda. (22/05/2006)
  • Meat-packing plant: Coop. Agrop. dos Prod. Organ. do Estado de Goiás. (22/05/2006)
  • Motor vehicles: 262 (2004)
  • Cattle herd: 46,870 head
  • Poultry: 22,190
  • Swine: 4,250
  • Main crops: rice, rubber, corn, soya (1,200 hectares), and tomatoes.

[edit] Education (2005)

  • Schools: 4
  • Classrooms: 20
  • Teachers: 35
  • Students: 1,114
  • Middle schools and students: 1 with 219 students
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 87.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

  • Hospitals: 1
  • Hospital beds: 18
  • Ambulatory clinics: 3
  • Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3,1,1 (2002)
  • Infant mortality rate: 22.64 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

[edit] Income distribution (2000)

  • Households: 1,108
  • Households declaring no income: 3
  • Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 387
  • Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 367
  • Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 96
  • Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 104
  • Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 94
  • Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 27
  • Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 14
  • Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 8
  • More than 30 minimum salaries: 8

[edit] Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life expectancy: 69.4
  • Adult literacy rate: 0.867
  • School attendance rate: 0.798
  • MHDI: 0.753
  • State ranking: 70 (out of 242 municipalities)
  • National ranking: 1,797 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

Data are from 2000

For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

[edit] See also

List of municipalities in Goiás

[edit] Sources of Data

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