Turvânia 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

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state,

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Location

Turvânia 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 ...

, east of São Luís de Montes Belos. Highway connections from

are made by state highway BR-069 west from

, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, and then 50 kilometers west to Turvânia. Neighboring municipalities are Firminópolis, São Luís de Montes Belos, Adelândia,

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and

Anicuns Anicuns is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Geographys Anicuns is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which includes 13 cities with a population of 103276 inhabitants in a total area of 5483.10 km2. It forms boundarie ...

Demographics

The population density was (2007). The urban population was 4,036 (2007) and the rural population was 926.

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, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There was one dairy in 2007. The cattle herd had 65,000 (2006). The main crops were rice, bananas, sugarcane (2,200 hectares; 5,400 ac), beans, manioc, corn, tomatoes, and soybeans.

Health and education

The adult literacy rate was 85.5% (2000) (the national average was 86.4%). There were 2 hospitals with 37 beds. The infant mortality rate was 26.08 (2000) (the national average was 33.0). The classification 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 ...

was 0.736 (state ranking: 122 out of 242 municipalities and national ranking of 1,267 out of 5,507 municipalities. For the complete list se
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History

Turvânia began in 1930 with the establishment of a settlement called Poções, from the nearby stream. The site originally had a cemetery called "por enquanto" (for the time being). In 1943 land was donated to build a chapel and the first constructions and streets appeared. In the beginning progress was difficult because of malaria, the lack of medicine and roads. In 1958 it became a municipality with the name "Turvânia" because of the Turvo River that crosses the region. Source:
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