Porteirão 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

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 ...

state,

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 ...

Geographical Information

Porteirão 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 ...

in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with

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 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 ...

, is 178 km. Highway connections from

are made by GO-040 / Aragoiânia / Cromínia / GO-319 / Pontalina / GO-040 / Aloândia / BR-452 / Bom Jesus de Goiás / GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in

se
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Neighboring municipalities are: *north: Acreúna *south:

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 ...

*east: Vicentópolis and

*west: Santa Helena de Goiás

Political Information

*Mayor: Pedro Augusto dos Reis (January 2005 to January 2009)

Demographics

*Population density: 4.98 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 2,726(2007) *Rural population: 282 (2007) *Population growth or loss: 0.91% from 2000/2007

The economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 2 (2006) *Commercial units: 45 (2006) *Cattle herd: 24,280 head (2006) *Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, sugarcane (13,000 hectares), beans, soybeans (18,000 hectares), sorghum, and corn. *People employed in agriculture: 1,670 *Number of farming establishments: 43 *Area of the farming establishments: 27,367 ha. *Area in planted crops: 17,500 ha. *Farming establishments with tractors: 14

Education (2006)

*Schools: 2 with 821 students *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 80.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

*Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 1 *Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

Qualtity of Life

The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on 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), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalities in the state of

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References

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