Palminópolis 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

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...

state,

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Location

Nearby towns are

Palmeiras de Goiás Palmeiras de Goiás is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Palmeiras de Goiás is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois at a distance of 88 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is 26 k ...

, 28 km. to the east, and

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, 22 km. to the north. The Turvo River lies to the west. *Distance to regional center (

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): 41 km. *Highway connections from

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: state highway BR-069 west from

, through Trindade / GO-050 /

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/ GO-156. Neighboring municipalities: São João da Paraúna,

, Jandaia,

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and

Political Information

*Mayor: Erisval Vicente Santana (January 2005) *City council: 9 *Eligible voters: 3,294 (December 2007)

Demographic Information

*Population density: 9.34 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 2,421 (2007) *Rural population: 1,201 (2007) *Population growth: a loss of about 800 people since 1980

Economic Information

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industry. There is one dairy and one meat packing plant (frigorífico). *Industrial units: 6 ( June 2007) *Commercial units: 37 ( August 2007) *Dairy: Indústria e Comércio de Laticínios Saltador Ltda. (22/05/2006) *Meat-packing plant: Coop. Agrop. dos Prod. Organ. do Estado de Goiás. (22/05/2006) *Motor vehicles: 361 automobiles and pickup trucks (2007), which gave a ratio of 10 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. *Cattle herd: 48,660 head *Main crops: rice, rubber, corn, soybeans (800 hectares), and tomatoes. *Number of farms: 423 *Agricultural area: 44,756 *Planted area: 4,100 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 33,678 ha. *Persons employed in agriculture: 2,120

Education (2006)

*Schools: 4 with 1,018 students *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 87.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

*Hospitals: 1 *Hospital beds: 20 *Ambulatory clinics: 3 *Infant mortality rate: 22.64 (2000) (national average was 33.0) Ranking on the Municipal

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

*MHDI: 0.753 *State ranking: 70 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 1,797 (out of 5,507 municipalities) ''Data are from 2000''. For the complete list se
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History

Palminópolis began in 1949 when lands belong to a cattle ranch were distributed to make lots. The first settlement was called São Bento, which was later changed to Palminópolis due to the proximity of

. In 1953 it became a district of Palmeiras de Goiás, separating in 1961 to become a municipality.

References

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