Santo Antônio de Goiás

Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location in Goiás state
Location in Goiás state
Santo Antônio de Goiás is located in Brazil
Santo Antônio de Goiás
Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W / 16.48556°S 49.30889°W / -16.48556; -49.30889
CountryBrazil
RegionCentral-West
StateGoiás
MicroregionGoiânia Microregion
Area
 • Total
132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi)
Elevation
762 m (2,500 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
6,440
 • Density48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
75374-000

Santo Antônio de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located just north of the state capital, Goiânia.

  • Distance from Goiânia: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.

Location

Neighboring municipalities are:

Political Information

  • Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005)
  • City council: 09
  • Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007)

Santo Antônio was a district of Goianira until it was dismembered in 1990.

Demographic Information

  • Population density: 29.31 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
  • Urban population: 3,508 (2007)
  • Rural population: 385 (2007)
  • Population growth: 3,28% from 2000 to 2007

Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

  • Cattle herd: 17,500 head (2006)
  • Main crops: bananas, sugarcane, rice (400 hectares), beans, manioc, oranges, lemons, tangerines, corn (800 hectares), tomatoes, and soybeans.

Education (2006)

  • Schools: 3
  • Classrooms: 26
  • Teachers: 52
  • Students: 1,258
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

  • Hospitals: 01
  • Hospital beds: 0
  • Ambulatory clinics: 3
  • Infant mortality rate: 20.96 (2000) (national average was 33.0.
  • MHDI: 0.749
  • State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
  • National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities

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See also

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