Padre Bernardo 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 ...
located in the state of
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. ...
, Brazil.
Location
Padre Bernardo is located 42 km north of the boundary with the Federal District. It has boundaries with the following municipalities:
*North:
Mimoso de Goiás
*South:
Cocalzinho de Goiás
Cocalzinho de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location and Geography
Cocalzinho, as it is known by the inhabitants, is located in the micro-region of Entorno do Distrito Federal, on highway BR-414, almost at the junction ...
*East:
Planaltina de Goiás Planaltina may refer to:
Geography
* Planaltina, Federal District, an administrative region in the Federal District, Brazil
* Planaltina, Goiás, a municipality in the state of Goiás (in the metropolitan region of Brasilia), Brazil
* Planaltin ...
*West:
Vila Propício
Vila Propício is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugarcane.
Location
Vila Propício is located in the Entorno do Distrito Federal micro-region and has boundaries with the following municipalities:
*nor ...
The Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising and growing of corn and soybeans. Local commerce, with restaurants, bars, clothing and shoe shops, banks, supermarkets, among others, supply the basic necessities of the population. There are small industries of brick making, milk produces and clothing manufacturing. The largest employer in the town was the government. There were 02 bank branches in August 2007.
In 2006 there were 137,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, beans, coconuts, oranges, lemons, manioc, corn, and soybeans (11,000 hectares in 2006).
Seplan
Agricultural data 2006
*Farms: 1,113
*Total area: 198,109 ha.
*Area of permanent crops: 1,462 ha.
*Area of perennial crops: 31,490 ha.
*Area of natural pasture: 124,040 ha.
*Area of woodland and forests: 35,582 ha.
*Persons dependent on farming: 3,400
*Number of tractors: 318
*Cattle herd: 137,000
IBGE
Health and Education
In 2006 there were 26 schools with 8,495 students enrolled. The literacy rate was 82.6% in 2000. In 2007 there was 01 hospital with 27 beds. The infant mortality rate was 30.06% in 2000. 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, whi ...
rating was 0.705 in 2000
Seplan*State ranking: 204 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,909 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list se
See also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.
Ordered by regio ...
References
https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/padre-bernardo/panorama
https://www.padrebernardo.go.gov.br/
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Municipalities in Goiás