Mayor (prefeito): Vantuir Alves de Oliveira (2005)
Vice-mayor (vice-prefeito): Nixon Claer de Urzêda
Councilmembers (vereadores): 09
Demographic Data
Population density: 6.16 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0.32.%
Population in 1991: 4,039
Urban population: 2,557 (2007)
Rural population: 1,161 (2007)
Economy
The economy is based on soybeans, corn, rice, beans, tomatoes and on cattle raising. In some areas pivot sprinklers are being used. In the industrial sector there is a dairy, and several brickworks.
Economic Data
Industrial units: 05 ( 06/2007)
Retail units: 35 (08/2007)
Banking institutions: none (2007)
Dairies: Coop. M. dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
Cattle: 56,350 (2006)
Modest production of cotton—rice (700 hectares)
Corn: 3,900 hectares (2006)
Soybeans: 13,500 hectares planted
Motor vehicles: 374 automobiles in 2007
Agricultural Data for 2006
Number of farms: 410
Total area: 56,584
Planted area: 11,600
Area of natural pasture: 33,025
Workers in agriculture: 1,300
Education and Health
Literacy rate: 83.5% (2000)
Infant mortality rate: 12.88 in 1,000 live births (2000)
History
Edealina was first created as a district in 1976 in the municipality of Edéia. In 1988 it was dismembered from Edéia and made a municipality. The origin of the name is unknown.
