Abadia de Goiás 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 central

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 Goi ...

state,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, located on the western edge of the

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 ...

metropolitan area.

Geographical Data

The distance to

is 27 km. and highway connections are made by BR-060. Neighboring municipalities are: *north and east: Trindade *northwest:

*east:

Guapó Guapó () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 14,207 (2020) and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km² (10/10/2002). Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion. Neighboring municipalities are: * ...

*south: Aragoiânia

Demographic and Political Data

*Population density: 40.07 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 3,963 (2007) *Rural population: 1,905 (2007) *Eligible voters in 2007: 4683 *City government in 2005: mayor (Antomar Moreira dos Santos), vice-mayor (Maria Lúcia das Graças Matias), and 09 councilpersons *Households: 1,398 (2000) *Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 872 (2000)

Economy

The economy is based on services, government jobs, small industries, cattle raising, poultry, and agriculture.

Main Enterprises

*agriculture: 04 units employing 42 workers *transformation industry: 13 units employing 53 workers *construction: 07 units employing 21 workers *commerce: 57 units employing 142 workers *real estate: 31 units employing 62 workers *education: 03 units employing 12 workers *health: 04 units employing 07 workers *public administration: 03 units employing 168 workers (

IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ...

2003) The cattle herd consisted of 17,460 head, of which 1,930 were milking cows (2006). The main agricultural products were rice, manioc, and corn.

Health and education

*Infant mortality rate in 2000: 27.70 (28.50 in 1990) *Literacy rate in 2000: 89.2 There were no hospitals in 2007. There were 06 schools with an enrollment of 1,810. Source
IBGE

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, wh ...

: 0.742 *State ranking: 101 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 2,112 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

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