Rialma

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Rialma
State	Goiás
Area:	268.9 km²
Population:	11,023 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	582 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76310-000
Became a city:	1953
Distance to Goiânia:	182 km
Website:	Prefeitura Municipal de Rialma

Rialma is a small city and municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.

1 Location
2 Climate
3 General information
4 Political information
5 Demographic information
6 Economy
7 Education (2005)
8 Health (2003)
9 Origin of the name
10 Human Development Index
11 See also
12 Sources of data

[edit] Location

Rialma is located across the Rio das Almas from Ceres on the important interstate highway BR-153, which links Anápolis to Belém. It was created as part of the urban area of Ceres, which was also created as the Colônia Nacional Agrícola de Goiás. It is part of the Ceres Microregion.

The distance to Goiânia is 182 km. Highway connections are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rianápolis. Rialma is 19 km. north of Rianápolis. See Seplan

The municipality has boundaries with Nova Glória in the north; Santa Isabel, Goiás in the east; Rianápolis and Uruana in the south; Carmo do Rio Verde in the southeast; and Ceres in the west.

[edit] Climate

The climate is moist tropical. The most important river is the Rio das Almas, which has its source near Cocalzinho de Goiás and flows north to enter the massive Serra da Mesa reservoir, which dams up the Maranhão River.

[edit] General information

In 2005 Rialma had 9 schools, 4 state and 5 municipal, besides a campus of the Federal University of Goiás with a course in Mathematics. There were 3 libraries, 3 grassed football fields, 9 sports fields, 2 social clubs and 3 service clubs. There were 2,545 residences and 388 companies, including commerce, small industry and services. There was one post office and one radio station, Rádio Alvorada.

[edit] Political information

Mayor: Evaldo José da Silva (January 2005)
Number of voters: 7,752 (April 2006)
Number of members on city council: 9

[edit] Demographic information

Population density: 40.98 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 9,425(2003)
Rural population: 1,185 (2003)
Population growth or loss: a gain of about 3,500 people since 1980

[edit] Economy

Economic activity is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, small transformation industries, and government employment. There is also a sizable herd of beef and dairy cattle. Economic Data

Industrial units: 35 (10/06/2005)
Retail units: 134
Dairies: Dairy Partners Americas Manufacturing Brasil. (22/05/2006)
Banking establishments: CEF 01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 1,225 (2004)
Cattle: 21,000 (2004)
Poultry: 9,800 (2004)
Swine: 1,200 (2004)
Dairy cows: 3,020 (2004)
Main agricultural crops: rice (5 km²), sugarcane (24 km²), beans, oranges, manioc, corn (6 km²), and soybeans (5 km²).

[edit] Education (2005)

Schools: 9
Classrooms: 58
Teachers: 128
Students: 2,510
Middle school enrollment: 332 students
Higher education: Campus Universitário da UFG--enrollment was 106 students in 2003.
Adult literacy rate: 89.3% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

Hospitals: 1
Hospital beds: 29
Ambulatory clinics: 3
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 24, 4, 2 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 25.4 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

[edit] Origin of the name

The name of the city came from an aglutination of Rio das Almas. In 1953, when the BR-153 was built, Rialma broke off from Jaraguá to become a separate municipality.