Porteirão 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 south

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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Geographical Information

Porteirão is located in the

Meia Ponte Microregion The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 municipalities with a total popu ...

in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with

Itumbiara Itumbiara () is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southern part of the state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. It is a "sister city" to the Minas Gerais municipality of Araporã. The city lies south of the state capital, Goiâ ...

. The distance to the state capital,

Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...

, is 178 km. Highway connections from

are made by GO-040 /

Aragoiânia Aragoiânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 10,496 (2020 estimate) in a total area of 219.5 km2. Aragoiânia is 42 km. from the state capital, Goiânia, and is linked by highway GO-040. There are al ...

Cromínia Cromínia is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for its chrome mines. Geographical Information Cromínia is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion, which includes the cities in the Meia Ponte River basin. It is approxima ...

/ GO-319 /

Pontalina Pontalina is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. One hundred and twenty-five kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, it has become one of the most important retail clusters of lingerie in the state: Every year thousand of p ...

/ GO-040 /

Aloândia Aloândia is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 1,986 in 2020 and the municipal area was 102.1 km2, one of the smallest in the state of Goiás. Geographical information Aloândia is located in the Meia Ponte Mi ...

/ BR-452 /

Bom Jesus de Goiás Bom Jesus de Goiás is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of soybeans. Geographical Information The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 223 km and it is linked by highways BR-452 and GO-040. It forms ...

/ GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in

se
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Neighboring municipalities are: *north:

Acreúna Acreúna is a city and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. Location Acreúna is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois, southwest of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-060, (Brasília-Acre) which links Goiânia ...

*south:

Goiatuba Goiatuba is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 34,202 (2020 IBGE) in a total area of 2,470.3 km2. Goiatuba is a large producer of grains, especially soybeans and corn. Climate and Location The average ...

*east: Vicentópolis and

*west: Santa Helena de Goiás

Political Information

*Mayor: Pedro Augusto dos Reis (January 2005 to January 2009)

Demographics

*Population density: 4.98 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 2,726(2007) *Rural population: 282 (2007) *Population growth or loss: 0.91% from 2000/2007

The economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 2 (2006) *Commercial units: 45 (2006) *Cattle herd: 24,280 head (2006) *Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, sugarcane (13,000 hectares), beans, soybeans (18,000 hectares), sorghum, and corn. *People employed in agriculture: 1,670 *Number of farming establishments: 43 *Area of the farming establishments: 27,367 ha. *Area in planted crops: 17,500 ha. *Farming establishments with tractors: 14

Education (2006)

*Schools: 2 with 821 students *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 80.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

*Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 1 *Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

Qualtity of Life

The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations

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 ...

(2000), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalities in the state of

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References

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