Vianópolis is a small

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 the center of the

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 ...

ian 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. ...

Location

Vianópolis is located 90 km. from 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 ...

. Highway connections are made by BR-457 / GO-010 / GO-330 / passing through the cities of

Bonfinópolis Bonfinópolis is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is located a short distance east of Goiânia and is part of the Goiânia metropolitan area. The distance to Goiânia is 33 km. and connections are made by BR-457 / GO-010. ...

Leopoldo de Bulhões Leopoldo de Bulhões is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The total area was 495.0 km² in October 2002) and the population was 7,651 in 2020. The elevation is 1,030 meters above sea level, one of the highest in the state. Pol ...

and

Silvânia Silvânia is a municipality in southcentral Goiás state, Brazil. History Around 1774, it was discovered gold in the region. There was an influx of gold miners; with them, it was brought a statue of Nosso Senhor of Bonfim. It gave name for the sm ...

. It is in the

Pires do Rio Microregion The Pires do Rio Microregion is a statistical region of south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The most important city is Pires do Rio. The area includes 10 municipalities with a population of 90,327 (2007) in an area of 9,449.80 km2. The most ...

and has boundaries with

Orizona Orizona is a municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. Location Orizona is 138 km from the state capital of Goiânia, 200 km from Brasília, 150 from Catalão and 260 from Uberlândia, which is located in the rich Triângulo Mineiro of Minas ...

Pires do Rio Pires do Rio is a municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. It is a prosperous town and a major producer of poultry. Location It is located in the Pires do Rio MicroregionCitybrazil It is located 144 kilometers from the state capital and is served ...

São Miguel do Passa Quatro São Miguel do Passa Quatro is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Location São Miguel is located in the Pires do Rio Microregion, at a distance of 112 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia. Highway connections from Goiânia ...

and

Political information

*Mayor: Antônio Divino de Resende (January 2005) *City council: 09 members *Eligible voters: 8,328 (December/2007)

Demographics

*Population density: 12.77 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population in 1980: 7,934 *Population in 2007: 12,187 *Urban population: 9,105 (2007) *Rural population: 3,082 (2007) *Population growth rate: 2.27% 1996/2007

The economy

The economy is based on

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 32 (2007) *Commercial units: 143 (2007) *Dairy: - Ind. e Com. de Laticínios Ponte Funda Ltda (22/05/2006) *Financial institutions (01/06/2005): Banco do Brasil S.A., BRADESCO S.A. *Cattle herd: 52,500 head (12,200 milk cows) (2006) *Main crops: cotton, rice, bananas, sugarcane, barley, beans, manioc, corn, sorghum, tangerines, wheat, tomatoes, and soybeans (25,000 hectares). Agricultural data 2006 *Number of farms: 656 *Total area: 37,221 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 2,597 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 13,648 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 15,018 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 5,391 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,450 *Farms with tractors: 124 *Number of tractors: 322 *Cattle herd: 52,500 hea
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Education (2006)

*Schools: 13 *Classrooms: 97 *Teachers: 179 *Students: 3,641 *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 87.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

*Hospitals: 1 *Hospital beds: 37 *Ambulatory clinics: 8 *Infant mortality rate: 22.64 (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: 0.784 *State ranking: 24 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) *National ranking: 970 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) For the complete list se
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References

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