Santo Antônio de Goiás

16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W / 16.48556°S 49.30889°W / -16.48556; -49.30889CountryBrazilRegionCentral-WestStateGoiásMicroregionGoiânia MicroregionArea • Total132.8 km² (51.3 sq mi)Elevation762 m (2,500 ft)Population • Total6,440 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)Postal code

Santo Antônio de Goiás is a 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 inhabitants/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: 01
• 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

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See also

• List of municipalities in Goiás

References

• Frigoletto
• Sepin