Santa Rita do Novo Destino
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| Santa Rita do Novo Destino | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 956.0 km² |
| Population: | 3,131 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 790m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 76395-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Ceres Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1997 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 203 km. |
| Website: | none |
Santa Rita do Novo Destino is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Santa Rita do Novo Destino is 82 km. east of Ceres and 15 km. north of Goianésia
- Highway connections from Goiânia: GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / GO-438. Seplan
Neighboring municipalities: Hidrolina, São Luíz do Norte, Barro Alto, and Santa Isabel
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: João Cardoso dos Santos (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 2,693 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 3.27 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 1,043 (2000)
- Rural population: 1,982 (2000)
- Population growth: a gain of about 100 people since the first estimate in 2000
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 1 (2005)
- Commercial units: 12 (2005)
- Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 91 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 42,000 head (6,500 milk cows)
- Poultry: 19,600 head
- Swine: 3,000 head
- Main crops: rice, sugarcane (1,400 hectares), manioc, corn (1,200 hectares), and soybeans (2,000 hectares).
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 5
- Classrooms: 24
- Teachers: 49
- Students: 1,176
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 78.8% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 0
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 1
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3, 1, 2 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 33.10 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 65.7
- Adult literacy rate: 0.763
- School attendance rate: 0.801
- MHDI: 0.684
- State ranking: 221 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 3,246 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
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