Santo Antônio de Goiás

Santo Antônio de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.

*Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.

Location

Neighboring municipalities are:
*north: Brazabrantes
*south: Goiânia
*east: Nerópolis
*west: Goianira

Political Information

*Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
*City council: 09
*Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.

Demographic Information

*Population density: 29.31 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 3,508 (2007)
*Rural population: 385 (2007)
*Population growth: 3,28% from 2000 to 2007

Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
*Cattle herd: 17,500 head (2006)
*Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (800 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.

Education (2006)

*Schools: 3
*Classrooms: 26
*Teachers: 52
*Students: 1,258
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

*Hospitals: 0
*Hospital beds: 0
*Ambulatory clinics: 3
*Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.

Municipal Human Development Index

*MHDI: 0.749
*State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
*National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities

[http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto.com]

ee also

*List of municipalities in 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]
* [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Sepin]