Santa Rita do Araguaia
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| Santa Rita do Araguaia | |
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| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 1,361.7 km² |
| Population: | 5,433 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 691m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 75840-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Southwest Goiás Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1953 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 500 km. |
| Website: | none |
Santa Rita do Araguaia is a small town and municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Santa Rita is located on the Araguaia River and is connected to the state capital, Goiânia by highway BR-364. It is 91 kilometers west of regional center, Mineiros. The distance to state capital, Goiânia is 516 km. Highway connections are made from Goiânia by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / Rio Verde / Jataí / GO-050 / BR-364 / Mineiros / BR-384. [1]
Municipal boundaries are with:
- north and west: Mato Grosso
- south and west: Mineiros
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Luzia Ferreira Costa e Santos (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 3,777 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 3.99 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 4,628 (2000)
- Rural population: 459 (2000)
- Population growth: a gain of about 1,500 people since 1980
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 2 (2005)
- Commercial units: 64 (2005)
- Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (May/2006)
- Financial institutions: 01 branch of Bradesco S.A. (May/2006)
- Automobiles: 512 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 55,289 head (4,850 milk cows)
- Poultry: 12,400
- Swine: 2,030
- Main crops: rice, sugarcane, bananas, corn (4,050 hectares), and soybeans (7,200).
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 5
- Classrooms: 28
- Teachers: 70
- Students: 1,609
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 85.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 0
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 1
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 6, 2, 2 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 20.02 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life Expectancy: 70.5 years
- Adult Literacy Rate: 0.84
- School Attendance Rate: 0.85
- Monthly per capita income: 209.00 Reais
- MHDI: 0.756
- Ranking in the state: 65 out of 242 municipalities
- National ranking: 1706 out of 5507 municipalities
Data are from 2000
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
