Vianópolis

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Vianópolis
State	Goiás
Area:	954.3 km²
Population:	12,699 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	1,002 m
Postcode (CEP):	75260-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	016 Pires do Rio Microregion
Became a city:	1948
Distance to Goiânia:	90 km.
Website:	none

Vianópolis is a small town and municipality in the center of the Brazilian state of Goiás.

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

Vianópolis is located 90 km. from the state capital, Goiânia. Highway connections are made by BR-457 / GO-010 / GO-330 / passing through the cities of Bonfinópolis, Leopoldo de Bulhões and Silvânia. It is in the Pires do Rio Microregion and has boundaries with Orizona, Pires do Rio, São Miguel do Passa Quatro and Silvânia.

[edit] Political information

Mayor: Antônio Divino de Resende (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 7,886 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic information

Population density: 13.31 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 7,723 (2000)
Rural population: 3,577 (2000)
Population growth: a gain of about 4,800 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 70.8 million Reais. This was ranked 76 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 36.3 million Reais, the industrial sector produced 9.5 million Reais, and the services sector produced 26.0 million Reais.

Industrial units: 31 (2005)
Commercial units: 124 (2005)
Dairy: - Ind. e Com. de Laticínios Ponte Funda Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions (01/06/2005)
- Banco do Brasil S.A.
- BRADESCO S.A.
Automobiles: 1,370 (2004)
Cattle herd: 50,000 head (7,710 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 27,500 head (2004)
Swine: 5,600 head (2004)
Main crops: cotton, rice (1 kmª), bananas, sugarcane, barley, beans, manioc, corn (15.9 kmª), sorghum (15 kmª), tangerines, wheat, tomatoes, and soybeans (260 kmª).