São João da Paraúna

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São João da Paraúna
State	Goiás
Area:	305.3 km²
Population:	2,115 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	640m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75985-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	014 Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
Became a city:	1989
Distance to Goiânia:	143 km.
Website:	none

São João da Paraúna is a small town and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.

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

[edit] Location

São João is located west of Goiânia, 36 km. north of Paraúna.

Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Firminópolis, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south.

Neighboring municipalities: Aurilândia, Paraúna, Palminópolis, Jandaia, and Acreúna

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Claudivino Ferreira da Silva (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 1,700 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 6.93 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 1,357 (2000)
Rural population: 667 (2000)
Population growth: a gain of about 300 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. In 2002 the GDP was 14.629 million Reais. This was ranked 201 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced over 9 million Reais of the GDP.

Industrial units: 2 (2005)
Commercial units: 16 (2005)
Dairy: Laticínios MB Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 132 (2004)
Cattle herd: 29,580 head (5,030 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 8,430 head (2004)
Swine: 2,240 head (2004)
Main crops: cotton (420 hectares), rice (300 hectares), beans, manioc, corn (1,300 hectares), and soybeans (3,000 hectares).