Senador Canedo

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Senador Canedo
State	Goiás
Area:	244.7 km²
Population:	71,399 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	801m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75250-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	010 Goiânia Microregion
Became a city:	1989
Distance to Goiânia:	16 km.
Website:	Municipal de Senador Canedo

Senador Canedo is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is the center of the petrochemical industry for the state.

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

[edit] Location

Senador Canedo is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010. It is located 16 kilometers southeast of the state capital of Goiânia and is connected by GO-403

Senador Canedo is part of the Goiânia Microregion, which has more than 1,700,000 inhabitants.

[edit] Petrochemicals

The principal activity of the city is the petrochemical complex (Petrobras, Realpetro, Petrobol, Unip, Gasbal, and Sauro) , with several related industries near the city. It is also the headquarters of major industries like Goiás Carne, Curtume Centro-Oeste, Brasil Spuma, Cicopal, Mittel Klasse Farmacêutica, Q Vida Produtos de Limpeza, Mold Pré Moldados, Fertilizantes Solo Nobre, Queiroz Produtos Alimentícios and Arpec Equipamentos Limitados.

It has a well-developed infrastructure in the transport sector, with a terminal for railroad cargo. Both the leather industry complex and the petrochemical complex were installed according to ecological concerns and there is a sewage treatment plant. Senador Canedo is one of the fastest growing cities in the state of Goiás.

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Vanderlan Vieira Cardoso (January 2005)
Political coalition: PDT / PMDB / PL / PPS / PHS
City council: 10 members
Eligible voters: 41,130 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 291.73 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 50,442 (2000)
Rural population: 2,663 (2000)
Population growth: a gain of about 48,000 people since 1991

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on agriculture, services, public administration, and transformation industries. Much of the income is generated by the petrochemical installations. In 2002 the GDP was 670.4 million Reais. This was ranked 10th out of 246 municipalities in the state. Divided by sectors agriculture provided 7.6 million Reais, industry provided 79.7 million Reais, and services provided 551.1 million Reais.

Industrial units: 70 (2005), employing 1,212 workers in 2003
Commercial units: 287 (2005), employing 1,443 workers in 2003
Dairies: Agroindustrial Morada do Bosque Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plants: Coop. Ind. de Carnes e Derivados de Goiás Ltda (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: -- Banco Itaú S.A.

- Banco do Brasil S.A (01/06/2005)

Automobiles: 3,491 (2004)
Cattle herd: 20,950 head (4,050 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 18,060 head (2004)
Swine: 9,200 head (2004)
Main crops: rice (120 hectares), bananas, sugarcane, oranges, tangerines, beans, manioc, corn (600 hectares), and soybeans (200 hectares).