Estrela do Norte is
municipality in north
Goiás state,
Brazil. The population was 3,264 (2020) and the total area was 302.7 km²
Estrela do Norte is a municipality surrounded by the following municipalities:
*north:
Mutunópolis
Mutunópolis is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mutunópolis is located in the extreme north of the state, 38 km south of the important regional center of Porangatu. It is 24 km northwest of the BR-153 highway, ...
and
Santa Tereza de Goiás
*south:
Mara Rosa
Mara Rosa is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Ar ...
*east:
Amaralina
Amaralina is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
*Distance from Goiânia: 485 km.
*Highway access from Goiânia: GO-080 / Nerópolis / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / Uruaçu / Campinorte ...
*west:
Formoso
The distance to
Goiânia is 365 km. Highway connections are made by GO-080 /
Nerópolis
Nerópolis () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
The municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is 25 kilometers to the west. It is nationally known as the city of garlic ...
/
São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 /
Jaraguá Jaraguá or Jaragua may refer to:
Places
*Jaraguá, Goiás, a city in Brazil
* Jaraguá do Sul, a city in Santa Catarina State, Brazil
*Jaraguá (district of São Paulo), Brazil
*Villa Jaragua, a city in the Baoruco province, Dominican Republic
* J ...
/ GO-080 /
Goianésia /
Barro Alto / BR-080 / GO-342 /
Uruaçu /
Campinorte / GO-241.
The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, especially corn, rice, and soybeans. In 2007 there was one dairy, no banks, and 39 retail units. There were 205 automobiles.
*Cattle: 22,800 head
In 2006 there were 185 farms with 1,125 hectares planted. There were 20,000 hectares of pasture. Approximately 500 persons were employed in farming. There was modest production of rice, corn, and soybeans.
Data are fro
IBGE
The literacy rate was 81.1% (2000) and the infant mortality rate was 16.72 in 1,000 live births. There were 05 schools with 1,090 students and one hospital with 17 beds.
Estrela do Norte occupies a middle-level position on the Municipal
Human Development Index with a score of 0.746, 87 out of 242 municipalities in the state in 2000.
A great defender and a major contributor to the great growth of the region and throughout his life held many jobs for the community of the Estrela do Norte, which made the city be recognized across the state, bringing hitherto political expression as great former Governor Irapuan Costa Júnior, Leonino Caiado, among others, was the former mayor José da Silva, who died in January 1997.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
References
Frigoletto
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Municipalities in Goiás