Panamá 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

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state,

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Location

Panamá 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 ...

and is about 25 kilometers north of the border with the state of

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. It is a short distance west of the important BR-153 highway which links

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. Panamá is 26 kilometers south of

Goiatuba Goiatuba is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 34,202 (2020 IBGE) in a total area of 2,470.3 km2. Goiatuba is a large producer of grains, especially soybeans and corn. Climate ...

and 25 kilometers from

Itumbiara Itumbiara is a municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goiás and is a major producer ...

. The distance to

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 ...

is 188 km. Neighboring municipalities are: *north:

*south and west:

*east:

Bom Jesus de Goiás Bom Jesus de Goiás is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of soybeans. Geographical Information The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 223 km and it is linked by highways BR-452 and GO-040. It form ...

History

Panamá began with the building of a chapel by a local landowner. In 1931 it became a district of Santa Rita do Paranaíba, present-day

with the name Divinópolis. In 1943 the name was changed to Panamá and Santa Rita changed to

. In 1950 it was dismembered from Itumbiara. The name comes from a small river called Panamá.

Political Information

*Mayor: Divino Alexandre da Silva (January 2013) *City council: 9

Demographics

*Population density: 6.04 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 1,995 (2007) *Rural population: 623 (2007) *Population growth 2000-2007: -0,83%

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 2 (2007) *Commercial units: 24 (2007) *Cattle herd: 27,800 head (2006) *Main crops (2006): cotton (700 hectares), rice (400 hectares), sugarcane, oranges, manioc, corn, and soybeans (5,700 hectares). In 2006 there were 221 farmers with a planted area of 6,368 hectares. The total agricultural area was 16,567 ha.. Pasture made up 9,290 ha.

Education

*Schools: 3 *Students: 795 *Middle schools and students: 1 with 155 students *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 81.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health

*Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 1 *Infant mortality rate: 23.05 (2000) (national average was 33.0) The United Nations

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 ...

(2000) ranked Panamá 131 out of 242 municipalities in the state of

with a score of 0.733. For the complete list se
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References

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