Palmeiras de Goiás is a

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 southeastern

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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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 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 ...

. It is 26 kilometers from Cezarina and the important BR-060 highway. Connections with

are made by GO-060 / Trindade / GO-050 / Campestre de Goiás / GO-156.in 1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air explosion Neighboring municipalities are: *north:

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, A ...

and

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 ...

*south:

Indiara Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton. Location Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with: *north: Palmeiras de Goiás *south: ...

*east: Campestre de Goiás *west: Palminópolis

Political Information

In January 2005 the Mayor was Alberane Marques. There were 9 members on the city council and 16,133 eligible voters in December 2007.

Demographic Information

In 2007 the population density was 13.77 inhabitants/km². In 2007 there were 16,763 people living in the urban area and 4,436 people living in the rural area. The population has decreased by about 3,000 people since 1980.

Economic Information

The main economic activity is cattle raising. The cultivated area is approximately 1,500 km². The main products grown are corn, rice, cotton, soybeans, beans, tomato, oranges, and guava. There are some small industries producing cotton byproducts, clothing, and furniture. In 2007 there were 38 industrial units and 206 commercial units. There was 1 meat-packing plant—Indústria e Comércio de Carnes

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Ltda.--and 1 dairy—Coop. Agropecuária Mista de Palmeiras Ltda. There were 3 financial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF. In 2005 the economic sectors employing most workers were: transformation industries—1,306 workers; construction—63 workers; commerce—349 workers; and public administration—457 workers. In 2007 there were 2,576 automobiles and pickups, which gave a ratio of 8 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. In 2006 there were 147,550 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were cotton (1,500 hectares), rice, bananas, rubber, sugarcane, manioc, guava, oranges, corn (3,300 hectares), soybeans (8,000 hectares), and tomatoes. *Number of farms: 1,296 *Farm area: 136,659 ha. *Planted area: 19,250 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 92,638 *Persons employed in agriculture: 3,500

Health and education

In 2007 there were 2 hospitals with 48 beds and 6 ambulatory health clinics. In 2000 the infant mortality rate was 15.54—below the national average of 33.0. In 2006 the school system had 16 schools and 5,410 students. In 2000 the adult literacy rate was 87.7%--above the national average of 86.4%. The Universidade Estadual de Goiás maintains a campus in the city and there were 336 students enrolled in 2003. Ranking on the 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 ...

*Life expectancy: 72.6 *School attendance rate: 0.796 *MHDI: 0.760 *State ranking: 55 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 1.600 (out of 5,507 municipalities) ''Data are from 2000'' For a complete list se
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