Goiandira 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 the southeastern portion of the

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 ...

ian

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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 ...

. The population was 5,625 (2020) in a total area of 560.7 km².

Geography

Goiandira is in the statistical micro-region of

Catalão Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory. Demographics *Population density: 17.85 inhab ...

. It is located 288 km. from 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 connected 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 ...

/ GO-217 / Caldas Novas / GO-139 / Corumbaíba / GO-210 / Nova Aurora. It has boundaries with the municipalities of

Cumari Cumari is a municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 2,837 (2020) in a total area of 579.8 km2. Connections and municipal boundaries Cumari is 304 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. Highway connections ...

, Nova Aurora and Ipameri. The climate is tropical, with an average annual temperature of 25 °C. The rainy season is from October to May and the dry season extends from May to September. Annual rainfall is approximately 1,400 mm.

History

European settlement began in 1800 when Tomás Garcia, from Minas Gerais, took possession of a vast area of land called Campo Limpo. He sold half of the land to Jerônimo de Teixeira. At the beginning of the twentieth century the railroad arrived and a town grew around the station. Campo Limpo became a district of

in 1913, later separating to become a municipality in 1931 and changing the name to Goiandira, after the name of the railroad station.

Political data

*Eligible voters: 4,041 (12/2007) *Mayor: Odemir Moreira de Melo (January 2005) *Vice-mayor: Marcos Moreira Teixeira *Councilmembers: 09

Demographics

*Population density: 8.78 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0.12.% *Urban population in 2007: 4,252 *Rural population in 2007: 673

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising for meat and milk, in addition to agriculture—mainly corn and soybeans. There were approximately 44,800 head of cattle in the region in 2006 and 31,000 head of poultry. There were no agricultural products with more than 1,000 hectares planted in 2006. The main ones were rice, bananas, sugarcane, beans, manioc, corn, and soybeans. *Industrial establishments: 12 (06/2007) *Retail establishments: 51 (08/2007) *Dairies: Laticínios Terra Branca Ind. e Com. Ltda. (22/05/2006) *Banking institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. (08/2007) Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 31 *Total area: 36,954 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 52 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 2,003 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 24,996 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 8,282 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 760 *Number of farms with tractors: 45 *Number of tractors: 61 *Cattle herd: 44,800

Education and health

*Literacy rate: 89.7% *Infant mortality rate: 24.59 in 1,000 live births *Schools: 05 (2006) *Students: 1,343 *Hospitals: 01 (2007) *Hospital beds: 34 *Walk-in public health clinics: 03 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: 0.765 *State ranking: 48 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 1,463 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

References

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