Professor Jamil

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Professor Jamil is a small town and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,765 (2000) in a total area of 347.4 km².

Elevation: 748 meters
Became a municipality: 1993
Statistical microregion: Meia Ponte Microregion
Postal code: 75645-000

1 Geographical Information
2 Political Information
3 Demographic Information
4 Economic Information
5 Education (2005)
6 Health (2003)
7 History
8 Municipal Human Development Index
9 See also
10 Sources of Data

[edit] Geographical Information

Located 84 kilometers south of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-153, Professor Jamil has boundaries with the following municipalities:

north: Hidrolândia;
south: Mairipotaba and Piracanjuba;
east: Piracanjuba;
west: Cromínia and Mairipotaba

In road connections there are two state highways and several local roads linking the rural area to the town. The most important interstate highway of the state--BR153--crosses the municipality from north to south, connecting Professor Jamil to all the regions of Brazil.

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Alírio Elizeu Teixeira (January 2005)
Eligible voters: 3.028 (April 2006)
City council: 9 members

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 10.8 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 2,349(2003)
Rural population: 1.232 (2003)
Population growth or loss: a gain of about 500 people since 2000.

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There is also a poultry industry, swine raising and extraction of sand.

Industrial units: 2 (2005)
Commercial units: 28 (2005), employing 42 people in 2003
Bank agencies: none (June 2005)
Dairies: - Inústria de Laticínios Boa Nova Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Motor vehicles: 190 automobiles (2004)
Cattle herd: 48,092 head (2004)
Poultry: 13,129 head (2004)
Swine: 2,510 (2004)
Dairy cows: 7,231 (2004)
Main crops (2005): rice (300 hectares) and corn (1,000 hectares).

[edit] Education (2005)

Schools: 5
Classrooms: 21
Teachers: 57
Students: 1,096
Middle school enrollment: 190 students
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 83.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

Hospitals: 0
Hospital beds: 0
Ambulatory clinics: 1
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3, 2, 0 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

[edit] History

The origin of the town goes back to 1942 when a group of people got together and built a football field. Soon the first grocery store appeared. The first mass was prayed in 1952 when the settlement was called Campo Limpo. Soon it became a district of Piracanjuba and was emancipated in 1991 with the name, Professor Jamil, in homage to one of the first pioneers, Jamil Salim Safady, of Lebanese origin.