Cromínia 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 south

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 ...

. It is famous for its chrome mines.

Geographical Information

Cromínia is located in the

Meia Ponte Microregion The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 municipalities with a total popu ...

, which includes the cities in the

Meia Ponte River The Meia Ponte River (Portuguese, ''Rio Meia Ponte'') is one of the most important rivers in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its source lies 60 km north of the city of Goiânia and it flows through that city in a southern direction joining the P ...

basin. It is approximately 87 kilometers south of 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 ...

and is 17 kilometers west of the important BR-153 highway, which links

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. Highway connections from

are made by BR-153 /

Aparecida de Goiânia Aparecida de Goiânia () is a city and municipality in central Goiás, Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state (with a population of 590,146 inhabitants, according to the 2020 estimate) and the third largest industrial center, with a G ...

Professor Jamil Professor Jamil is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,203 (2020) in a total area of 347.4 km2. Geographical information Located 66 kilometers south of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-153, Professor J ...

/ GO-217. For the complete list of all distances in

se
Sepin
Neighboring municipalities are: *north: Aragoiânia *east:

*west and south:

Mairipotaba Mairipotaba is a municipality, in south Goiás state, Brazil. Location and Municipal boundaries Mairipotaba is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion about 85 kilometers directly south of the state capital, Goiânia. It has highway connections wit ...

Demographics

*Population density: 9.78 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population growth rate 1996/2007: -0.21.% *Total population: 3,618 (2007) *Total population: 3,362 (1980) *Urban population: 2,861 (2007) *Rural population: 879 (2007)

Economic Activities

Chrome mining gave the city its name but cattle raising and agriculture have taken over from mining. Of the 298 rural proprietors 70% raise cattle and the others plant rice and corn. Economic Indicators *Industrial units: 05 *Retail units: 53 *Banking institutions: none *Cooperatives: Coop.Mista dos Produtores Rurais de Cromínia-COOMPOR-C *Automobiles: 443 (Sepin/IBGE 2007) *Cattle: 34,020 (2006)´ *Corn: 1,150 ha. *Modest production of soybeans, rice, manioc, and watermelon Farm Data (2006)in ha. *Number of farms: 298 *Total area: 22,213 *Area of permanent crops: 88 *Area of perennial crops: 893 *Area of natural pasture: 18,242 *Persons dependent on farming: 940 *Farms with tractors: 52 *Number of tractors: 6
IBG

Education and Health

*Literacy rate: 85.8% *Infant mortality rate: 18.23 in 1,000 live births *Schools: 6 *Students: 1,325 *Hospitals: 2 *Hospital beds: 31 *Health centers: 2

History

The town began in 1940 when three landowners give land to install a town which would be called Planura Verde (Green Plain). The settlement began to grow around a football field where locals came on Sunday to watch the games and pray at the foot of a cross. Soon the first houses were built. In 1943 the Arraial (village) was elevated to the category of district of

Piracanjuba Piracanjuba () is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a big producer of orchids, milk products, and soybeans. ''Piracanjuba is also the name of a fish (Brycon orbignyanus) common to the waters of the Plata River basin.'' ...

. It received the name "Cromínia" due to the great quantity of chrome in the region. In 1954 the district became a municipality. Ranking 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, wh ...

*MHDI: 0.769 *State ranking: 40 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) *National ranking: 1,347 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) For the complete list se
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References

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