- Panamá, Goiás
Panamá is a small
town andmunicipality in southGoiás state,Brazil .Location
Panamá is located in the
Meia Ponte Microregion and is about 25 kilometers north of the border with the state ofMinas Gerais . It is a short distance west of the important BR-153 highway which linksSão Paulo toBelém . Panamá is 26 kilometers south ofGoiatuba and 25 kilometers fromItumbiara . The distance toGoiânia is 188 km.Neighboring municipalities are:
*north:Goiatuba
*south and west:Itumbiara
*east:Bom Jesus de Goiás History
Panamá began with the building of a chapel by a local landowner. In 1931 it became a district of Santa Rita do Paranaíba (present-day
Itumbiara with the name Divinópolis. In 1943 the name was changed to Panamá and Santa Rita changed toItumbiara . In 1950 it was dismembered from Itumbiara. The name comes from a small river called Panamá.Political Information
*Mayor: Maria Lucimar Faustina de Abreu (January 2005)
*City council: 9Demographic Information
*Population density: 6.04 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 1,995 (2007)
*Rural population: 623 (2007)
*Population growth 2000-2007: -0,83% Economic InformationThe economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
*Industrial units: 2 (2007)
*Commercial units: 24 (2007)
*Cattle herd: 27,800 head (2006)
*Main crops (2006): cotton (700 hectares), rice (400 hectares), sugarcane, oranges, manioc, corn, and soybeans (5,700 hectares).In 2006 there were 221 farmers with a planted area of 6,368 hectares. The total agricultural area was 16,567 ha.. Pasture made up 9,290 ha.Education (2006)
*Schools: 3
*Students: 795
*Middle schools and students: 1 with 155 students
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 81.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)Health (2007)
*Hospitals: 0
*Hospital beds: 0
*Ambulatory clinics: 1
*Infant mortality rate: 23.05 (2000) (national average was 33.0)The United Nations
Human Development Index (2000) ranked Panamá 131 out of 242 municipalities in the state ofGoiás with a score of 0.733.For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto]
See also
List of municipalities in Goiás Sources 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]
* [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Sepin]
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