Vila Boa, Goiás
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| Vila Boa | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 1,060.0 km² |
| Population: | 3,567 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 640m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 73825-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | 012 Entorno de Brasília |
| Became a city: | 1993 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 365 km. |
| Website: | none |
Vila Boa is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Vila Boa is located on the extreme northeast limit of the Entorno de Brasília microregion. The nearest major population center is Formosa, which is 95 km. to the southeast. It forms boundaries with:
- west and south: Formosa
- east and north: Flores de Goiás
The distance to state capital, Goiânia, is 365 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Sobradinho / BR-020 / BR-030 / Formosa / BR-020 / Bezerra (district of Formosa). For the complete list of distances see Seplan
Vila Boa was once a district of Formosa, and for years was just a small village with a gas station and a few houses on the main road to Salvador. It is 95 kilometres northeast of Formosa. It has grown rapidly with the arrival of farmers from the south of the country in search of inexpensive land to plant soybeans and raise cattle.
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Waldir Gualberto de Brito (January 2005)
- Eligible voters: 2,920 (April 2006)
- City council: 9 members
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 3.36 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 2,982(2003)
- Rural population: 443 (2003)
- Population growth or loss: a gain of about 800 people since 1996.
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 4 (2005)
- Commercial units: 32 (2005), employing 57 people in 2003
- Bank agencies: none (June 2005)
- Dairies: - Inústria de Laticínios Boa Nova Ltda (22/05/2006)
- Meat packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Motor vehicles: 46 automobiles (2004)
- Cattle herd: 52,500 head (2004)
- Poultry: 5,700 head (2004)
- Swine: 470 (2004)
- Dairy cows: 4,400 (2004)
- Main crops (2005): rice, bananas, coffee, sugarcane, and corn (1,000 hectares).
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 6
- Classrooms: 33
- Teachers: 66
- Students: 1,593
- Middle school enrollment: 271 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 77.2% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 14
- Ambulatory clinics: 2
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 1, 1, 1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 28.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).
[edit] Income Distribution
In 2000 there were 785 households, of which 359 declared no income or less than 1 minimum salary.
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 67.1
- Adult literacy rate: 0.738
- School attendance rate: 0.739
- MHDI: 0.674
- State ranking: 226 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 3,389 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
(All data are from 2000.)
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources of Data
For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br
