Turvânia

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Turvânia
State	Goiás
Area:	472.3 km²
Population:	4,977 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	659m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76110-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	009 Anicuns Microregion
Became a city:	1958
Distance to Goiânia:	99 km.
Website:	none

Turvânia is a small town and municipality in eastern 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

Turvânia is located west of Goiânia, 28 km. east of São Luís de Montes Belos.

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, and then 50 kilometers west to Turvânia.

Neighboring municipalities: Firminópolis, São Luís de Montes Belos, Adelândia, Nazário and Anicuns

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Rubens Severino de Aguiar (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 4,266 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 10.54 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 3,993 (2000)
Rural population: 1,141 (2000)
Population growth: a loss of about 1,000 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

In 2002 the GDP was 23.6 million Reais. This was ranked 148 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 12.2 million Reais, the industrial sector produced 2.3 million Reais, and the services sector produced 8.9 million Reais.

Industrial units: 15 (2005)
Commercial units: 46 (2005)
Dairy: - Laticínios Ebenezer Ltda.

- Laticínios Missiato Ltda (22/05/2006)

Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 449 (2004)
Cattle herd: 54,600 head (6,100 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 25,500 head (2004)
Swine: 3,330 head (2004)
Main crops: cotton, rice (1,180 hectares), bananas, sugarcane (1,500), beans, manioc, corn (250 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans (3,300 hectares).