Porteirão

Porteirão is a 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 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 inhabitants/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: 2 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 municipalities in the state of Goiás. For the complete list see Frigoletto.com