Maurilândia 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 southwest

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,

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. It is a large producer of sugarcane.

Location

Maurilândia is located in the Southwest Goiás Microregion on the Rio São Tomé near the Rio Turvo and the

Rio dos Bois Rio dos Bois is a municipality in the state of Tocantins in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Tocantins This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Tocantins (TO), located in the North Region of Brazi ...

, an important tributary of the

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. It is 13 kilometers south of Turvelândia and 71 kilometers east of the regional center, Rio Verde. The region exhibits high

soil fertility Soil fertility refers to the ability of soil to sustain agricultural plant growth, i.e. to provide plant habitat and result in sustained and consistent Crop yield, yields of high quality.

and has become one of the most important economic areas of the state of

producing cattle, soybeans, rice and corn. Neighboring municipalities are: *north: Turvelândia and Porteirão *south: Castelândia *east: São Domingos *west: Rio Verde Maurilândia is 251 kilometers from the state capital,

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. Highway connections are made by BR-060 /

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/ GO-164 / BR-452 / GO-409.

History

Maurilândia began in 1946 when gold and diamond seekers arrived in the region, which belonged to the municipality of Rio Verde. A mining site (garimpo) was established at the meeting of the Ribeirão Cabeleira and the Rio Verdão. Soon many families arrived building straw huts. In 1954 Josias Lula, from Bahia, began to divide and sell lots with the help of local ranch owners. In 1955 the settlement took the name "Garimpo do Rio Verdão". In 1959 it became a district of Rio Verde. In 1963 it became a municipality with the name of Maurilândia. The origin of this name was not available on the Sepin site on 08/04/2008.

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, and modest transformation industries. There is significant production of poultry. In 2006 there were 08 industrial units and 114 retail units. There were 2 bank branches: Banco do Brasil S.A and Banco Itaú S.A. Public administration was the biggest employer in 2005 with 241 workers, followed by commerce with 225 workers, and by agriculture with 134 workers. There were 18,200 head of cattle and 374,200 head of poultry registered in 2006. There was a significant production of sugarcane with 9,000 hectares planted and a production of 820,000 tons in 2006. Other important crops were corn and soybeans
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There were 120 agricultural units in 2006 with 15,000 hectares, of which 9,000 hectares were cultivated, and the rest natural pasture or woodlands.

Health and education

In 2007 there was 1 hospital with 18 beds and 1 walk-in health clinic. The infant mortality rate was 23.82 in every 1,000 live births in 2000. In 2005 the school system had 6 schools with 3,074 students. There were no institutions of higher learning. The adult literacy rate was 81.6% in 2000
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Ranking on the Municipal

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the Educational system, education system), ...

*MHDI: 0.726 *State ranking: 159 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) *National ranking: 2.508 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) ''Data from 2000'' For the complete list se
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References

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