Santa Fé de Goiás
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| Santa Fé de Goiás | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 1,160.8 km² |
| Population: | 4,594 (IBGE 2007) |
| Elevation: | 362m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 76265-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Rio Vermelho Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1989 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 259 km. |
| Website: | none |
| Coordinates: | |
Santa Fé de Goiás is a small town and municipality in west-central Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Santa Fé is located almost directly west of Brasília and northwest of Goiânia. The nearest town of any size is Jussara, which lies 34 km. to the southeast.
- Distance to regional center (Goiás Velho): 132 km.
- Highway connections: GO-060 / Trindade / GO-326 / Anicuns / Sanclerlândia / Novo Brasil / Jussara / BR-070 / Nova Trindade / GO-173.
Neighboring municipalities: Jussara, Britânia, Itapirapuã
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Ademar Marques de Carvalho (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 3,885 (December/2007)
In 1957 Santa Fé de Goiás became a district belonging to Goiás. In 1958 it was dismembered to become a district in the municipality of Jussara. In 1988 it got its municipal autonomy.
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 3.96 inhab/km² (2007)
- Urban population: 3,514 (2007)
- Rural population: 1,080 (2007)
- Population growth: a gain of about 900 people since 1991
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 6 (2007)
- Commercial units: 57 (2007)
- Meat-packing plant: Frigorífico Arantes Ltda
- Cattle herd: 135,000 head
- Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane, bananas, sesame seeds, corn, and soybeans.
- Motor vehicles: 231 automobiles, 34 trucks, and 37 pickup trucks (2007)
[edit] Education (2006)
- Schools: 5
- Classrooms: 30
- Teachers: 60
- Students: 1,314
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 83.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 0
- Hospital beds: 0
- Ambulatory clinics: 2
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3, 1, 1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 26.34 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
- MHDI: 0.713
- State ranking: 190 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 2,744 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
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