Pilar de Goiás

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Pilar de Goiás is a small town and municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.

  • Population (2005): 2,395
  • Area of the municipality (2002): 906.6 km²
  • Elevation: 753 meters
  • Became a municipality: 1953
  • Postal code: 76370-000

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[edit] Location

Pilar is located 252 kilometers north of the state capital, Goiânia in the Ceres Microregion. It is connected to the south of the state, with its main urban centers, by highway BR-153. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / GO-336 / Itapaci / GO-154. See Seplan

Neighboring municipalities are:

The terrain is rugged and is crossed by the Vermelho, Peixe, and Taquaraçu rivers.

[edit] Political Information

  • Mayor: Waltenir Soares Batista (January 2005)
  • City council: 9
  • Eligible voters: 2,267 (April 2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

  • Population density: 2.64 inhab/km² (2005)
  • Urban population: 1,170(2003)
  • Rural population: 1,705 (2003)
  • Population growth or loss: a loss of about 7,000 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

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

  • Industrial units: 0 (2005)
  • Commercial units: 13 (2005)
  • Bank agencies: (June 2005)
  • Dairy: (May 2006)
  • Motor vehicles: 102 automobiles (2004)
  • Cattle herd: 64,500 head (2004)
  • Poultry: 22,500 (2004)
  • Swine: 3,300 (20049
  • Dairy cows: 8,050 (2004)
  • Main crops (2005): rice (400 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, and corn (500 hectares).

[edit] Education (2005)

  • Schools: 13
  • Classrooms: 26
  • Teachers: 44
  • Students: 705
  • Middle school enrollment: 122 students
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 86.5% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

  • Hospitals: 0
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 2
  • Doctors, nurses, dentists: 2, 2, 2 (2002)
  • Infant mortality rate: 33.15 (2000) (national average was 33.0). The infant mortality rate in Petrolina was 40.31 in 1990.

[edit] Income distribution (2000)

  • Households: 936
  • Households declaring no income: 33
  • Households declaring income of less than 1 minimum salary: 478
  • Between 1 and 2 minimum salaries: 236
  • Between 2 and 3 minimum salaries: 59
  • Between 3 and 5 minimum salaries: 64
  • Between 5 and 10 minimum salaries: 50
  • Between 10 and 15 minimum salaries: 11
  • Between 15 and 20 minimum salaries: 2
  • Between 20 and 30 minimum salaries: 2
  • More than 30 minimum salaries: 1


[edit] History

The city is one of the oldest in the state having been settled in 1751 when explorers came looking for gold in the rivers. There is still a historical part of the town with mansions, plazas, monuments and colonial churches.

The period of prosperity lasted for forty years. With the end of the gold Vila Pilar survived because of the sugar cane mills, and small plantations. Soon it was abandoned and it lost even its name, being called Itacê, district of Itapaci. In 1953 it regained its name and became a city.

The town has stopped in time. The population has decreased greatly since 1980 and the tendency is continuing.

Ranking on the United Nations Municipal Human Development Index

  • Life expectancy: 65.75
  • Adult literacy: 0.850
  • School attendance: 0.809
  • HDI-M: 0.700
  • State ranking: 209 (out of 242 municipalities)
  • National ranking: 2984 (out of 5507 municipalities)

Data are from 2000

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[edit] Sources of Data

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