São João da Paraúna

São João da Paraúna is a small town and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

São João is located west of Goiânia, 36 km. north of Paraúna.
*Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Firminópolis, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south.

Neighboring municipalities: Aurilândia, Paraúna, Palminópolis, Jandaia, Acreúna.(Firminopolis),(São Luis dos Montes Belos)

Political information

*Mayor: Claudivino Ferreira da Silva (January 2005)
*City council: 09 members
*Eligible voters: 1,687 (December/2007)

Demographic information

*Population density: 5.56 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban population: 1,212 (2007)
*Rural population: 487 (2007)
*Population growth: a gain of about 300 people since 1980

Economic information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
*Industrial units: 1 (2007)
*Commercial units: 17 (2007)
*Dairy: Laticínios MB Ltda (22/05/2006)
*Motor vehicles: 200 (2007), which gave a ratio of 8.5 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. ("motorcycles and motorbikes not counted")
*Cattle herd: 30,500 head (5,190 milk cows) (2006)
*Main crops (2006): cotton), rice, beans, manioc, corn (1,340 hectares), and soybeans (2,900 hectares).Data are from [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ Sepin]

Education (2006)

*Schools: 2
*Students: 453
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 87.1% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2003)

*Hospitals: 0
*Hospital beds: 0
*Ambulatory clinics: 2
*Infant mortality rate: 13.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

Municipal Human Development Index
*Life expectancy: 73.5
*School attendance rate: 0.837
*MHDI: 0.779
*State ranking: 34 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
*National ranking: 1,093 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

"Data are from 2000"

For the complete list see [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]