Santa Rosa de Goiás
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| Santa Rosa de Goiás | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 170.9 km² |
| Population: | 3,276 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | 1,040m above sea level |
| Postcode (CEP): | 75455-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | Anápolis Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1963 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 88 km. |
| Website: | none |
Santa Rosa de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Santa Rosa is located 78 km. northwest of the regional center, Anápolis. It is approximately half the distance between Taquaral de Goiás and Petrolina de Goiás.
Neighboring municipalities: Taquaral de Goiás, Jaraguá, Jesúpolis, and Petrolina de Goiás, and Itauçu.
[edit] Political Information
- Mayor: Sônia Aparecida Sandre Mariano (January 2005)
- City council: 09
- Eligible voters: 2,885 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic Information
- Population density: 19.16 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 2,297 (2000)
- Rural population: 1,251 (2000)
- Population growth: a loss of about 1,000 people since 1980
[edit] Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
- Industrial units: 1 (2005)
- Commercial units: 22 (2005)
- Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 188 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 24,580 head (4,250 milk cows) (2004)
- Poultry: 19,000 head (2004)
- Swine: 1,410 head (2004)
- Main crops: pineapple, garlic, rice (240 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, corn (700 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 2
- Classrooms: 19
- Teachers: 47
- Students: 927
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 82.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 23
- Ambulatory clinics: 2
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 1, 1, 1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 26.83 (2000) (national average was 33.
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 67.8
- Adult literacy rate: 0.805
- School attendance rate: 0.800
- MHDI: 0.715
- State ranking: 187 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 2,728 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
All data are from 2000
For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br
