Teresina de Goiás
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| Teresina de Goiás | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 774.6 km² |
| Population: | 3,344 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 754m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 73795-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | 005 Chapada dos Veadeiros Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1989 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 485 km. |
| Website: | none |
Teresina de Goiás is a small town and municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
It is part of the region of the Chapada dos Veadeiros Microregion and is located north of the Federal District and Brasília. It is 67 km north of Alto Paraíso de Goiás. The nearest major population center is Formosa. Neighboring municipalities are Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Cavalcante, and Nova Roma, Goiás.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 488 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João d'Aliança / Alto Paraíso de Goiás / BR-010 / GO-118. For all the distances in Goiás see Seplan
Teresina is near the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. Communities of descendants of runaway slaves, called Kalunga, are found nearby.
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Odete Teixeira Magalhães (January 2005)
- City council: 09 members
- Eligible voters: 2,207 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 4.32 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 1,775 (2000)
- Rural population: 810 (2000)
- Population growth: a gain of about 2,000 people since 1991
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. In 2002 the GDP was 5.6 million Reais. This was ranked 245 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 1.4 million Reais, industry produced 0.6 million Reais, and services produced 3.5 million Reais.
- Industrial units: none (2005)
- Commercial units: 24 (2005)
- Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 42 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 8,614 head (700 milk cows) (2004)
- Poultry: 5,500 head (2004)
- Swine: 820 head (2004)
- Main crops: rice (50 hectares), beans, manioc, and corn (100 hectares).
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 7
- Classrooms: 26
- Teachers: 51
- Students: 1,188
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 74.2% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 0
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 1
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 2, 1, 1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 26.50 (2000) (national average was 33.0). The rate was 47.7 in 1990.
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 67.9
- Adult literacy rate: 0.694
- School attendance rate: 0.793
- MHDI: 0.672
- State ranking: 227 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 3,430 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
All data are from 2000
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
