Taquaral de Goiás

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Taquaral de Goiás
State	Goiás
Area:	201.3 km²
Population:	3,285 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	769m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76640-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Anápolis Microregion
Became a city:	1963
Distance to Goiânia:	95 km.
Website:	none

Taquaral de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central 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

Taquaral is located approximately 100 km. northwest of regional center, Anápolis. It is 22 km. west of Santa Rosa de Goiás and 25 km. east of Itaberaí.

Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway GO-070 from Goiânia north to Goianira, past Inhumas, and Itauçu and then GO-154 for 16 kilometers. [1]

Neighboring municipalities: Itaberaí, Itaguari, Santa Rosa de Goiás, and Itauçu

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Wellington José Siqueira (January 2005)
City council: 09
Eligible voters: 2,873 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 16.31 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 2,367 (2000)
Rural population: 1,220 (2000)
Population change: a loss of about 6,000 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. Formerly there were niquel and manganese mines in the area but these have run out. There are several small clothing industries in the town.

Industrial units: 14 (2005)
Commercial units: 27 (2005)
Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 184 (2004)
Cattle herd: 25,886 head (5,536 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 26,876 head (2004)
Swine: 3,100 head (2004)
Main crops: pineapple, rice (400 hectares), bananas, coffee, beans, manioc, corn (1,000 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.