Teresina de Goiás 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 northern

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state,

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Location

It is part of the region of the statistical micro-region of Chapada dos Veadeiros and is located north of the

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and

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. It is 67 km north of

Alto Paraíso de Goiás Alto Paraíso de Goiás, usually referred to as Alto Paraíso, is a municipality located in the northeastern region of the state of Goiás, Brazil. The city is located in the Microregion of Chapada dos Veadeiros, Chapada dos Veadeiros and, since 20 ...

. The nearest major population center is

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. Neighboring municipalities are

, Cavalcante, and

Nova Roma, Goiás Nova Roma is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is part of the statistical micro-region of Chapada dos Veadeiros. It is crossed by the important Paranã River, a tributary of the Tocantins. History In the seventeenth century ...

. The distance to the state capital,

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, is 488 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 /

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/ BR-060 /

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/ Planaltina / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João d'Aliança /

/ BR-010 / GO-118. Teresina is near the

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park () is a National park (Brazil), national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was created on January 11, 1961, by P ...

. Communities of descendants of runaway slaves, called Kalunga, are found nearby.

The economy

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 (10,700 in 2006), services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There were no banking institutions or hospitals in 2007. There were 50 automobiles, 8 trucks, and 9 pick-up trucks in all of the municipality in 2007.
IBGE
Agricultural Information *Number of farms: 194 *Total area: 64,696 *Area of permanent crops: 33 *Area of perennial crops: 242 *Area of natural pasture: 56,935 *Persons dependent on agriculture: 320 *Number of farms with tractors: 6 *Tractors: 9
IBGE

Health and education

*Adult literacy rate: 74.2% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) *Infant mortality rate: 26.50 (2000) (national average was 33.0). The rate was 47.7 in 1990. *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 ...

: 0.672 *State ranking: 227 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 3,430 (out of 5,507 municipalities
Frigoletto
*Schools: 7 with 1,221 students (2006) *Hospitals: none, but there was one public ambulatory clinic
Seplan
Teresina was first created as a district of the municipality of Cavalcante in 1968, becoming dismembered in 1988.

References

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Location

The economy

Health and education

See also

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