Uirapuru
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| Uirapuru | |
|---|---|
| State | Goiás |
| Area: | 1,153.4 km² |
| Population: | 3,081 (IBGE 2005) |
| Elevation: | not available |
| Postcode (CEP): | 76525-000 |
| IBGE statistical microregion: | 001 São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion |
| Became a city: | 1993 |
| Distance to Goiânia: | 367 km. |
| Website: | none |
- For the South American bird, see Musician Wren.
Uirapuru is a small town and municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil.
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[edit] Location
Uirapuru is in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion, west of the important BR-153 highway. It is connected by a paved road to Crixás, 35 kilometers to the south.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 367 km. Highway connections are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rianápolis / Rialma / GO-336 / Itapaci / GO-154 / Pilar de Goiás / Santa Terezinha de Goiás / GO-347 / Crixás / GO-156. [1]
Municipal boundaries are with:
- north: Mundo Novo
- south: Crixás
- east: Nova Crixás
- west: Santa Terezinha de Goiás
[edit] Political information
- Mayor: Inácio da Luz Araújo (January 2005)
- City council: 09 members
- Eligible voters: 2,414 (April/2006)
[edit] Demographic information
- Population density: 2.67 inhab/km² (2005)
- Urban population: 1,405 (2000)
- Rural population: 1,638 (2000)
- Population growth: a gain of about 100 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 17.3 million Reais. This was ranked 176 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 11.3 million Reais, the industrial sector produced 0.6 million Reais, and the services sector produced 5.1 million Reais.
- Industrial units: 0 (2005)
- Commercial units: 22 (2005)
- Dairy: (22/05/2006)
- Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
- Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 90 (2004)
- Cattle herd: 70,000 head (4,200 milk cows) (2004)
- Poultry: 15,300 head (2004)
- Swine: 900 head (2004)
- Main crops: rice (200 hectares), sugarcane, beans, manioc, corn (300 hectares), and hearts of palm.
[edit] Education (2005)
- Schools: 5
- Classrooms: 32
- Teachers: 71
- Students: 1,046
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 79.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
[edit] Health (2003)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 19
- Ambulatory clinics: 2
- Doctors, nurses, dentists: 1, 1, 1 (2002)
- Infant mortality rate: 45.34 (2000) (national average was 33.0). This was an increase from 1998 when the rate was 28.28.
[edit] Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 62.27
- Adult literacy rate: 0.768
- School attendance rate: 0.825
- MHDI: 0.662
- State ranking: 230 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 3,571 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
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