Santo Antônio de Goiás

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Santo Antônio de Goiás
State Goiás
Area: 132.8 km²
Population: 3,893 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation: 762 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP): 75374-000
Became a city: 1990
Distance to Goiânia: 42 km.
IBGE statistical microregion: Goiânia Microregion
Website: none
Location of Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location of Santo Antônio de Goiás

Santo Antônio de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.

  • Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.

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[edit] Location

Neighboring municipalities are:

[edit] Political Information

  • Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
  • City council: 09
  • Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)

Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.

[edit] Demographic Information

  • Population density: 29.31 inhab/km² (2007)
  • Urban population: 3,508 (2007)
  • Rural population: 385 (2007)
  • Population growth: 3,28% from 2000 to 2007

[edit] Economic Information

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

  • Cattle herd: 17,500 head (2006)
  • Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (800 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.

[edit] Education (2006)

  • Schools: 3
  • Classrooms: 26
  • Teachers: 52
  • Students: 1,258
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2007)

  • Hospitals: 0
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 3
  • Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.

[edit] Municipal Human Development Index

  • MHDI: 0.749
  • State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
  • National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities

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[edit] Sources of Data

Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W / -16.48556, -49.30889