Terezópolis de Goiás

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Terezópolis de Goiás
State	Goiás
Area:	106.9 km²
Population:	6,085 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	828m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75985-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	010 Goiânia Microregion
Became a city:	1993
Distance to Goiânia:	28 km.
Website:	none

Terezópolis de Goiás is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

1 Location
2 Climate
3 Political Information
4 Demographic Information
5 Economic Information
6 Education (2005)
7 Health (2003)
8 History
9 Municipal Human Development Index
10 See also
11 Sources of Data

[edit] Location

Terezópolis is located in the Goiânia Microregion, 28 kilometers northeast of the capital, Goiânia. Neighboring municipalities are:

north: Anápolis
south and east: Goianápolis
west: Nerópolis

[edit] Climate

The average annual temperature is 22ºC with two well defined seasons: dry and rainy. The rainy season occurs in the months of November to March. The average annual rainfall is 1,300 milliliters and the relative humidity of the air is 50% to 70%.

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Uilton Pereira dos Santos (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 4,830 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 56.88 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 3,616 (2000)
Rural population: 1,467 (2000)
Population growth: a gain of about 1,600 people since 1996

[edit] Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

In 2002 the GDP was 16.2 million Reais. This was ranked 185 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 4.2 million Reais of the GDP, industry produced 3.1 million Reais, and services produced 8.6 million Reais.

Due to the proximity to the urban population of Goiânia, Terezópolis has several small factories. One of them, Saty, produces ketchup and other products using the available tomatoes produced in nearby Goianápolis.

Industrial units: 5 (2005)
Commercial units: 28 (2005)
Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 270 (2004)
Cattle herd: 16,000 head (2,000 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 33,400 head (2004)
Swine: 2,420 head (2004)
Main crops: oranges (130 hectares), lemons, tangerines, rice, beans, manioc, corn (200 hectares), and soybeans.

[edit] Education (2005)

Schools: 7
Classrooms: 42
Teachers: 74
Students: 1,733
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 82.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

Hospitals: 0
Hospital beds: 0
Ambulatory clinics: 1
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 5, 2, 2 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 27.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

[edit] History

Terezópolis began in 1948 with the building of the important highway, BR-153, which connects the south with Belem. The town was the site of several stands along the road selling fruit, vegetables, local sweets and cheeses.