São João da Paraúna 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 western

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

São João is located west of

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 ...

, 36 km. north of

Paraúna Paraúna is a municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. It has strange rock formations and is a large producer of cotton and soybeans. Location Highway connections with Goiânia are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / ...

. *Highway connections from

: state highway BR-069 west from

, 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 ...

Firminópolis Firminópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location and connections *Distance to São Luís de Montes Belos: 9 km. Highway connections with Goiânia are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trinda ...

, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south. Neighboring municipalities:

Aurilândia Aurilândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location The distance to the state capital is 146 km. while the distance to the main regional center São Luís de Montes Belos is 23 km. Highway connections from Goiânia ar ...

Palminópolis Palminópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Nearby towns are Palmeiras de Goiás, 28 km. to the east, and Turvânia, 22 km. to the north. The Turvo River lies to the west. *Distance to regional center (S ...

Jandaia Jandaia is a municipality in the eastern portion of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Location and connections Jandaia has municipal boundaries with: *Northwest: Palmeiras de Goiás *Northeast: Palminópolis *North, South, and Southwest: Indiara *Eas ...

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 ...

.(Firminopolis), (São Luis dos Montes Belos).

Political information

*Mayor: Claudivino Ferreira da Silva (January 2005) *City council: 09 members *Eligible voters: 1,687 (December/2007)

Demographic information

*Population density: 5.56 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 1,212 (2007) *Rural population: 487 (2007) *Population growth: a gain of about 300 people since 1980

Economic information

The economy is based on

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 1 (2007) *Commercial units: 17 (2007) *Dairy: Laticínios MB Ltda (22/05/2006) *Motor vehicles: 200 (2007), which gave a ratio of 8.5 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. (''motorcycles and motorbikes not counted'') *Cattle herd: 30,500 head (5,190 milk cows) (2006) *Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, beans, manioc, corn (1,340 hectares), and soybeans (2,900 hectares). Data are fro
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Education (2006)

*Schools: 2 *Students: 453 *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 87.1% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2003)

*Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 2 *Infant mortality rate: 13.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0) 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 ...

*Life expectancy: 73.5 *School attendance rate: 0.837 *MHDI: 0.779 *State ranking: 34 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) *National ranking: 1,093 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) ''Data are from 2000'' For the complete list se
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References

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