Hidrolina 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 north-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 Goiânia. ...

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. The population was 4,157 (IBGE 2007) and the area of the municipality is 580 km².

Location

Hidrolina is in the

Ceres Microregion The Ceres Microregion is located in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. It includes 22 cities with a total population of 215,820 inhabitants (2007). The total area is 13,224.40 km2. The most important cities are Ceres, Goiás, Ceres and Goi ...

north of the state capital,

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. It is 27 kilometers northeast of

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, which is on the junction with the important BR-153 highway. There is another dirt road going east for 14 kilometers to

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. The distance to

is 267 km. and highway connections are made by GO-080 /

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/ BR-153 / Jaraguá /

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/ GO-338. Se
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Municipal boundaries are with: *north:

Uruaçu Uruaçu is a city and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. Geography Uruaçu is located north of Anápolis and Goiânia on the important interstate highway BR-153, which links Brasília to Belém. It is 269 km. from Goiânia and 244&n ...

*south:

*east:

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*west:

History

Hidrolina began in 1950 with the donation of lands to the Catholic Church by two local ranchers. A chapel was built in homage to Santo Antonio Maria Claret and soon houses were built. The first name was "Lobeira" due to the existence of this tree in the region. In 1958 it was raised to district and the name changed to Hidrolina, because of the presence of many streams. In the same year it became a municipality.

Demographics

*Population density: 7.16 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population growth rate: 0.47% from 1996/2007 *Urban population in 1980: 2,375 *Urban population in 2007: 2,991 *Rural population in 1980: 2,438 *Rural population in 2007: 1,166

The economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising, agriculture and services. In 2007 there were 11 industrial units, 43 retail units and one banking institution. There were 341 automobiles in 2007. Farming was the main economic activity and there were 364 farms in 2006 with a total area of 37,038 hectares, of which 2,800 were cropland and the rest either pasture or woodland. The main agricultural activities were cattle raising (35,000 head in 2006) and cultivation of rice, sugarcane, manioc, corn, soybeans and bananas.

Health and education

The literacy rate was 86.3% in 2005 while the infant mortality rate was 31.12 in 1,000 live births, in the same year. There were 07 schools with 1,297 students in 2006. In 20073 there was 01 hospital with 29 beds. Hidrolina was ranked 114 out of 242 municipalities on the

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 ...

for the state of

. Life expectancy was 66.4 for males and females. ''Data are from 2000''. For the complete list se
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