- Professor Jamil
Professor Jamil is a small town and
municipality in south-centralGoiás state,Brazil . The population was 3,298 (2007) in a total area of 347.4 km².Geographical information
Located 66 kilometers south of the state capital,
Goiânia , on BR-153, Professor Jamil has boundaries with the following municipalities:
*north:Hidrolândia ;
*south:Mairipotaba andPiracanjuba ;
*east:Piracanjuba ;
*west:Cromínia andMairipotaba In road connections there are two state highways and several local roads linking the rural area to the town. The most important interstate highway of the state--BR153--crosses the municipality from north to south, connecting Professor Jamil to all the regions of Brazil.
History
The origin of the town goes back to 1942 when a group of people got together and built a football field. Soon the first grocery store appeared. The first mass was prayed in 1952 when the settlement was called Campo Limpo. Soon it became a district of
Piracanjuba and was emancipated in 1991 with the name, Professor Jamil, in homage to one of the first pioneers, Jamil Salim Safady, of Lebanese origin.Demographics
*Population density: 9.49 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 2,342(2007)
*Rural population: 956 (2007)
*Population growth or loss: -0.45% from 2000/2007The Economy
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There is also a poultry industry, swine raising and extraction of sand.
*Industrial units: 0 (2007)
*Commercial units: 41 (2007)
*Bank agencies: none (June 2005)
*Dairies: - Indústria de Laticínios Boa Nova Ltda (22/05/2006)
*Cattle herd: 40,290 head (2006)
*Main crops (2006): rice and corn.
*Number of agricultural establishments: 299
*Area of agricultural establishments: 34,943 ha.
*Area of crops: 2,335 ha.
*Area of natural pasture: 28,310 ha.
*Persons working in agriculture: 835
*Farms with tractors. 54 [http://www.ibge.gov.br/ IBGE]Education (2006)
*Schools: 5 with 1,011 students
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 83.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)Health (2007)
*Hospitals: 0
*Hospital beds: 0
*Ambulatory clinics: 1
*Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).Municipal
Human Development Index
*MHDI: 0.736
*State ranking: 123 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,229 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm frigoletto.com.br]See also
*List of municipalities in 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]
* [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Sepin]
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