Porteirão

Porteirão is a small town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.

Geographical Information

Porteirão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with Itumbiara.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 178 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-040 / Aragoiânia / Cromínia / GO-319 / Pontalina / GO-040 / Aloândia / BR-452 / Bom Jesus de Goiás / GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in Goiás see [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Seplan]

Neighboring municipalities are:
*north: Acreúna
*south: Goiatuba
*east: Vicentópolis and Goiatuba
*west: Santa Helena de Goiás

Political Information

*Mayor: Pedro Augusto dos Reis (January 2005 to January 2009)

Demographics

*Population density: 4.98 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 2,726(2007)
*Rural population: 282 (2007)
*Population growth or loss: 0.91% from 2000/2007

The Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
*Industrial units: 2 (2006)
*Commercial units: 45 (2006)
*Cattle herd: 24,280 head (2006)
*Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, sugarcane (13,000 hectares), beans, soybeans (18,000 hectares), sorghum, and corn.
*People employed in agriculture: 1,670
*Number of farming establishments: 43
*Area of the farming establishments: 27,367 ha.
*Area in planted crops: 17,500 ha.
*Farming establishments with tractors: 14

Education (2006)

*Schools: 3 with 821 students
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 80.4% (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).

Qualtity of Life

The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations Human Development Index (2000), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalites in the state of Goiás. For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto.com]

ee 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]