Adelândia is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in eastern
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...
state,
Brazil
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.
Location
The distance to the state capital
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
is 129 km. while the distance to the regional center
São Luís de Montes Belos
São Luís de Montes Belos (also written São Luis de Montes Belos) is a municipality in the State of Goiás, Brazil.
Location
It is located in the Anicuns Microregion, 123 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, to which it is connected by h ...
is 6 km.
Highway connections are made by state highway BR-069 west from
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
, through
Trindade,
São Luís de Montes Belos
São Luís de Montes Belos (also written São Luis de Montes Belos) is a municipality in the State of Goiás, Brazil.
Location
It is located in the Anicuns Microregion, 123 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, to which it is connected by h ...
, and then 6 kilometers to Adelândia. Neighboring municipalities are
Mossâmedes
Mossâmedes is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mossâmedes is located northwest of the state capital, Goiânia in the Anicuns Microregion. It is connected by paved roads with Itaberaí to the north and Anicuns to the sou ...
,
Anicuns,
Turvânia
Turvânia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Turvânia is located west of Goiânia, east of São Luís de Montes Belos.
Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trin ...
,
São Luís de Montes Belos
São Luís de Montes Belos (also written São Luis de Montes Belos) is a municipality in the State of Goiás, Brazil.
Location
It is located in the Anicuns Microregion, 123 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, to which it is connected by h ...
, and
Sanclerlândia
Sanclerlândia () is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,641 in 2005 and the total area of the municipality was 496.8 km2.
Location
Sanclerlândia belongs to the Anicuns Microregion and is northwest of the ...
.
Political Information
The number of registered voters was 1971 (09/06/2004) while the mayor was Mauricio Martins de Freitas), vice-mayor (Adma Duarte Gomes e Silva), and there were 09 council members.
The ex-mayor Lourival de Assis Lobo (1951-2007) was the first independent mayor of the city and the emancipator. His first lady was D. Luciene Rocha Malheiros Lobo.
He had nine descendants in his lineage: Fabio Lobo, Renata Lobo, Patricia Lobo, Elmo Lobo, Lourival Filho, Raphael Lobo and Yuri Lobo.
The economy
The economy is based on cattle raising and growing of corn, bananas, and beans. There is also some wood extraction and transformation.
The size of the cattle herd was 12,331 head.
Health and education
The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.88. There was 1 small hospital in 2002 with 22 beds, 4 doctors and 2 nurses. In the educational sector
there were 2 primary schools with 527 students (2004) and 1 middle school (State College Francisco de Assis Lobo Sobrinho) with 143 students. The literacy rate in 2000 was 80.9%.
(Source
IBGE
Adelândia had a score of 0.715 on the Municipal
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, whi ...
, giving it a state ranking of 184 (out of 242 municipalities)
and a national ranking of 2,712 (out of 5,507 municipalities). (''All data are from 2000'')
See also
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List of municipalities in Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.
Ordered by regio ...
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Microregions in Goiás
The state of Goiás is divided into 18 statistical microregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatístic (IBGE). These have no administrative function but are used only for statistics. The total area of the state is 341,289 km2 and ...
References
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Municipalities in Goiás