Varjão

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Varjão
State	Goiás
Area:	519.0 km²
Population:	3,579 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	609m
Postcode (CEP):	75355-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	014 Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
Became a city:	1958
Distance to Goiânia:	74 km.
Website:	none

Varjão is a small town and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.

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

[edit] Location

Varjão is located 77 km. southwest of Goiânia and is 26 km. southeast of Cezarina.

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / GO-413. [1]

Neighboring municipalities: Aragoiânia, Cezarina, Indiara, Mairipotaba

[edit] Political Information

Mayor: Eustáquio Ricardo de Souza (January 2005)
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 3,022 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic Information

Population density: 6.9 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 2,219 (2000)
Rural population: 1,300 (2000)
Population growth: a loss of about 100 people since 1980

[edit] Economic Information

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

In 2002 the GDP was 15.8 million Reais. This was ranked 191 out of 246 municipalities in the state. The agricultural sector produced 8.0 million Reais, the industrial sector produced 1.6 million Reais, and the services sector produced 5.9 million Reais.

Industrial units: 1 (2005)
Commercial units: 31 (2005)
Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 255 (2004)
Cattle herd: 51,400 head (7,710 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 20,170 head (2004)
Swine: 3,550 head (2004)
Main crops: rice (200 hectares), sugarcane, oranges, beans, manioc, corn (600 hectares), and soybeans.