Santo Antônio de Goiás

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.
Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location in Goiás state
Santo Antônio de Goiás
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 16°29′08″S 49°18′32″W
CountryBrazil
RegionCentral-West
StateGoiás
MicroregionGoiânia Microregion
Area
  Total132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi)
Elevation
762 m (2,500 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total6,440
  Density48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-03:00 (BRT)
  Summer (DST)UTC-02:00 (BRST)
Postal code
75374-000

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.

Municipal Human Development Index

  • MHDI: 0.749
  • State ranking: 79/242 municipalities
  • National ranking: 1,904/5,507 municipalities

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