São João da Paraúna

São João da Paraúna is a 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 inhabitants/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. Data are from Sepin
 * 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).

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

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