- Santa Terezinha de Goiás
Santa Terezinha de Goiás is a small
city andmunicipality in northGoiás state,Brazil . Santa Terezinha is sometimes written as ""Santa Teresinha".Location
Santa Terezinha is in the extreme north of the state, 174 km. southwest of
Porangatu . It is 66 km. west of the important BR-153 highway.Highway connections from
Goiânia are made by GO-080 /Nerópolis /São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 /Jaraguá /Rianápolis /Rialma / GO-336 /Itapaci / GO-154 /Pilar de Goiás .Santa Terezinha de Goiás is bordered by the following municipalities:
*north:Campos Verdes de Goiás andMara Rosa
*south:Guarinos
*east:Uruaçu
*west:Crixás Political Information
*Mayor: Vitalino da Silva Muniz (January 2005)
*City council: 09
*Eligible voters: 8,998 (December/2007)Demographics
*Population density: 9.61 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 8,673 (2007)
*Rural population: 2,885 (2007)
*Population change: 1.37% 1996/2007The Economy
The economy is based on modest agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
*Industrial units: 18 (2007)
*Retail units: 111 (2007), employing 275 workers in 2005
*Financial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. - BRADESCO S.A. (01/06/2005)
*Automobiles: 567 (2007)Agricultural Data (2006)
*Farms: 691
*Total agricultural Area: 66,678 hectares
*Permanent Planted Area: 2,297 hectares
*Temporary Planted Area: 3,441 hectares
*Natural Pasture: 43,488 hectares
*Woodland and Forest: 15,177 hectares
*Workers related to the farm owner: 1,609
*Workers not related to the farm owner: 188 (IBGE)
*Cattle herd: 77,000 head (2006)
*Main crops: rice (280 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, corn (900 hectares), palm hearts and coconut.Education (2006)
*Schools: 11 with 3,503 students
*Higher education: campus of the [http://www.ueg.br/ Universidade Estadual de Goiás]
*Adult literacy rate: 83.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)Health (2007)
*Hospitals: 1
*Hospital beds: 43
*Ambulatory clinics: 5
*Infant mortality rate: 27.56 (2000) (national average was 33. MunicipalHuman Development Index
*MHDI: 0.721
*State ranking: 171 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
*National ranking: 2,607 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)Seplan Economic Development IndexThe ranking was 168 out of 246 municipalities. See [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/ide_ids/2001/tabela1.1.htm Seplan]
Seplan Social Development IndexThe ranking was 101 out of 246 municipalities. See [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/ide_ids/2001/tabela2.1.htm Seplan]
ee also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
*Microregions of Goiás References
* [http://www.ibge.gov.br/ IBGE]
* [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/ Seplan]
* [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto]
* [http://www.citybrazil.com.br/ City Brazil]
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