Turvelândia

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Turvelândia
State	Goiás
Area:	934.2 km²
Population:	4,205 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	459m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75970-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	014 Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
Became a city:	1989
Distance to Goiânia:	271 km.
Website:	none

Turvelândia 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

Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-060 west from Goiânia, through / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna/ GO-164 / Santa Helena de Goiás / BR-452 / GO-409 / Maurilândia. [1]

Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, Maurilândia

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 3,278 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 4.5 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 2,289 (2000)
Rural population: 1,235 (2000)
Population growth: a loss of about 1,800 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 107.3 million Reais. This was ranked 52 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 49.0 million Reais, the industrial sector produced 35.2 million Reais, and the services sector produced 15.9 million Reais.

Public administration provided jobs for 238 workers in 2003.

Industrial units: 2 (2005), employing 152 workers in 2003
Commercial units: 25 (2005)
Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
Destillary: Vale do Verdão S/A (May 2005)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 153 (2004)
Cattle herd: 36,000 head (4,000 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 10,600 head (2004)
Swine: 13,100 head (2004)
Main crops: cotton (8,058 hectares), rice (1,180 hectares), sugarcane (13,736 hectares), manioc, corn (2,500 hectares), sorghum (2,500 hectares), and soybeans (14,000 hectares).