São Luís do Norte

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São Luíz do Norte
State	Goiás
Area:	586.0 km²
Population:	4,160 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	564m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76365-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	006 Ceres Microregion
Became a city:	1989
Distance to Goiânia:	245 km.
Website:	none

São Luís do Norte is a small town and municipality in northeastern 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 Luíz is located 58 km. north of Ceres on the important BR-153 highway.

Highway connections from Goiânia: GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / 57 km north on BR-153. See Seplan

Neighboring municipalities: Hidrolina, Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goianésia, Santa Isabel, Nova Glória and Itapaci.

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Jacob Ferreira (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 2,847 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 7.1 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 3,123 (2000)
Rural population: 966 (2000)
Population growth: a loss of 2 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 19.047 million Reais. This was ranked 168 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced over 10 million Reais of the GDP.

Industrial units: 5 (2005)
Commercial units: 52 (2005)
Dairy: G.G. Teixeira e Cia Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 161 (2004)
Cattle herd: 28,000 head (3,000 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 9,200 head (2004)
Swine: 725 head (2004)
Main crops: pineapple, sugarcane (4,500 hectares), rice (300 hectares), beans, manioc, corn (300 hectares), and soybeans (4,720 hectares).