Adelândia

"Adelândia"' is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

The distance to the state capital Goiânia is 129 km. while the distance to the regional center São Luís de Montes Belos is 6 km.Highway connections are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, São Luís de Montes Belos, and then 6 kilometers to Adelândia. Neighboring municipalities are Mossâmedes, Anicuns, Turvânia, São Luís de Montes Belos, and Sanclerlândia.

Political Information

The number of registered voters was 1971 (09/06/2004) while the mayor was Mauricio Martins de Freitas), vice-mayor (Adma Duarte Gomes e Silva), and there were 09 council members.

The Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising and growing of corn, bananas, and beans. There is also some wood extraction and transformation. The size of the cattle herd was 12,331 head.

Health and Education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.88. There was 1 small hospital in 2002 with 22 beds, 4 doctors and 2 nurses. In the educational sector there were 2 primary schools with 527 students (2004) and 1 middle school with 143 students. The literacy rate in 2000 was 80.9%. (Source: [http://www.ibge.gov.br/ IBGE] )

Adelândia had a score of 0.715 on the Municipal Human Development Index, giving it a state ranking of 184 (out of 242 municipalities)and a national ranking of 2,712 (out of 5,507 municipalities). ("All data are from 2000")

ee also

*List of municipalities in Goiás
*Microregions 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]