Santo Antônio de Goiás

Santo Antônio de Goiás
Municipality

Location in Goiás state
Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W / 16.48556°S 49.30889°W / -16.48556; -49.30889Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W / 16.48556°S 49.30889°W / -16.48556; -49.30889
Country  Brazil
Region Central-West Region
State Goiás
Microregion Goiânia Microregion
Area
 • Total 132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi)
Elevation 762 m (2,500 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 3,893
 • Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)
Postal code 75374-000

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:

Political Information

  • Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
  • City council: 09
  • Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)

Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.

Demographic Information

  • Population density: 29.31 inhab/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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