Edealina

Edealina is a small town and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

Edealina has municipal boundaries with Edéia, Pontalina, Indiara, and Cezarina The important Rio dos Bois forms part of the municipal boundary.

Highway communications with Goiânia are made by BR-060 / Guapó / Cezarina / Indiara / GO-320 / Edéia / GO-215. [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Sepin]

Political Data

*Eligible voters: 3,162 (12/2007)
*Mayor (prefeito): Vantuir Alves de Oliveira (2005)
*Vice-mayor (vice-prefeito): Nixon Claer de Urzêda
*Councilmembers (vereadores): 09

Demographic Data

*Population density: 6.16 inhab/km² (2007)
*Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0.32.%
*Population in 1991: 4,039
*Urban population: 2,557 (2007)
*Rural population: 1,161 (2007)

Economy

The economy is based on soybeans, corn, rice, beans, tomatoes and on cattle raising. In some areas pivot sprinklers are being used. In the industrial sector there is a dairy, and several brickworks.

Economic Data

*Industrial units: 05 ( 06/2007)
*Retail units: 35 (08/2007)
*Banking institutions: none (2007)
*Dairies: Coop. M. dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
*Cattle: 56,350 (2006)
*Modest production of cotton-- rice (700 hectares)
*Corn: 3,900 hectares (2006)
*Soybeans: 13,500 hectares planted
*Motor vehicles: 374 automobiles in 2007

Agricultural Data for 2006
*Number of farms: 410
*Total area: 56,584
*Planted area: 11,600
*Area of natural pasture: 33,025
*Workers in agriculture: 1,300

Education and Health

*Literacy rate: 83.5% (2000)
*Infant mortality rate: 12.88 in 1,000 live births (2000)
*Schools: 03 with 1,055 students in 2006
*Hospitals: 0
*Public health clinics (SUS): 04

Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
*MHDI: 0.768
*State ranking: 43 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
*National ranking: 1,393 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto.com]

HistoryEdealina was first created as a district in 1976 in the municipality of Edéia. In 1988 it was dismembered from Edéia and made a municipality. The origin of the name is unknown.

ee also

*List of municipalities in Goiás
*Microregions of Goiás

ources of Data

* [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]