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São João da Paraúna is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

São João is located west of Goiânia, 36 km. north of Paraúna.

• Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Firminópolis, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south.

Neighboring municipalities: Aurilândia, Paraúna, Palminópolis, Jandaia, Acreúna.(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, 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 from Sepin

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

• 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 see Frigoletto.com

See also

• List of municipalities in Goiás

References

• Frigoletto