Avelinópolis is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in eastern

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state,

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Communications and Location

The distance to the regional center of (

Anicuns Anicuns is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Geographys Anicuns is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which includes 13 cities with a population of 103276 inhabitants in a total area of 5483.10 km2. It forms boundarie ...

)is 26 km. Highway connections from the state capital are made by state highway BR-069 west from

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, through Trindade,

Santa Bárbara de Goiás Santa Bárbara de Goiás is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Santa Bárbara is located due west of Goiânia. Nearby towns are Trindade (40 km. to the east), and Nazário (17 km. to the west). The regional cente ...

, and then 25 kilometers northwest to Avelinópolis. Neighboring municipalities are

Nazário Nazário is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Nazário is located 74 km. west of the state capital, Goiânia a few kilometers west of the Rio dos Bois, a major tributary of the Paranaíba River. The regional center, An ...

, Araçu, and Americano do Brasil.

Demographic and Political Data

*Population density: 14.48 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0,77.% *Urban population in 2007: 1,804 *Rural population in 2007: 571 (In 1980 the rural population was greater than the urban: 1,449 rural and 1,238 urban.) *Eligible voters: 2,717(12/2007) *City government in 2005: mayor (Waltenir Peixoto de Miranda), vice-mayor (Leonardo Protásio Evangelista da Rocha), and 09 councilmembers

Economy

The main economic activities were cattle raising, agriculture, commerce, and small transformation industries. There was a substantial informal economy. The largest employer was public administration. There were 29,000 head of cattle (8,000 dairy cows) in 2006. The poultry industry was important with over 170,000 chicks registered in 2006. The main agricultural products in 2006 were bananas, coffee, oranges, rice, sugarcane, beans, manioc, corn, and tomatoes. In 2007 there were 260 automobiles and pickup trucks, giving a ratio of 9 inhabitants for each motor vehicle.

Health and education

*Infant mortality in 2000: 23.49 *Infant mortality in 1990: 43.64 *Hospitals: 01 with 16 beds (2006) *Literacy rate in 2000: 82.8 *Schools and Student Enrollment: 2, 709 (2006) *Higher education: none reported for 2007 *MHDI: 0.736 *State ranking: 121 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 2,261 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list se
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