Senador Canedo 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 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. ...
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 ...
. It is the center of the
petrochemical industry
The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals. A major part is constituted by the plastics (polymer) industry. It directly interfaces with the petroleum industry, especially the downstream sector.
Compan ...
for the state.
Location
Senador Canedo is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010. It is located 16 kilometers southeast of the state capital of
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 GO-403
Senador Canedo is part of the
Goiânia Microregion, which has more than 1,700,000 inhabitants.
Petrochemicals
The principal activity of the city is the petrochemical complex
Petrobras Realpetro, Petrobol, Unip, Gasbal, and Sauro), with several related industries near the city. It is also the headquarters of major industries lik
Goiás Carne Curtume Centro-Oeste, Brasil Spuma, Cicopal, Mittel Klasse Farmacêutica, Q Vida Produtos de Limpeza, Mold Pré Moldados, Fertilizantes Solo Nobre, Queiroz Produtos Alimentícios and Arpec Equipamentos Limitados.
It has a well-developed infrastructure in the transport sector, with a terminal for railroad cargo. Both the leather industry complex and the petrochemical complex were installed according to ecological concerns, and there is a sewage treatment plant. Senador Canedo is one of the fastest-growing cities 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. ...
.
Political information
*Mayor: Divino Pereira Lemes
*Political coalition: PDT / PMDB / PL / PPS / PHS
*City council: 10 members
*Eligible voters: 44,492 (December/2007)
Demographic information
*Population density: 288.3 inhabitants/km
2 (2007)
*Urban population: 67,900 (2007)
*Rural population: 2,659 (2007)
*Population growth: a gain of about 48,000 people since 1991
Economic information
The economy is based on agriculture, services, public administration, and transformation industries. Much of the income is generated by the petrochemical installations.
*Industrial units: 81 (2007)
*Commercial units: 416 (2007)
*Dairies: Agroindustrial Morada do Bosque Ltda (22/05/2006)
*Meat-packing plants: Coop. Ind. de Carnes e Derivados de Goiás Ltda (22/05/2006)
*Financial institutions: -- Banco Itaú S.A.
- Banco do Brasil S.A (08/2007)
*Cattle herd: 18,460 head (2006)
*Main crops: rice (120 hectares), bananas, sugarcane, oranges, tangerines, beans, manioc, corn (600 hectares), and soybeans (200 hectares).
Education (2006)
*Schools: 54
*Classrooms: 380
*Teachers: 852
*Students: 25,046
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 90.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
Health (2003)
*Hospitals: 1
*Hospital beds: 75
*Ambulatory clinics: 22
*Infant mortality rate: 27.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
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 ...
*MHDI: 0.729
*State ranking: 147 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,447 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
For the complete list se
Frigoletto.com
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
Frigoletto
{{Municipalities of Goiás
Municipalities in Goiás