Santo Antônio de Goiás

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
Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.
 * Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
 * City council: 09
 * Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)

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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