Santa Isabel 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 north-central
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...
state,
Brazil
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.
Location
It is 21 kilometers from
Ceres, the nearest regional center. Santa Isabel has municipal boundaries with
Rubiataba,
Itapaci,
Nova Glória,
Rialma, and
Carmo do Rio Verde. Access from
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
is made by GO-080 /
Nerópolis
Nerópolis () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
The municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is 25 kilometers to the west. It is nationally known as the city of garlic and sweets. Strategically ...
/
São Francisco de Goiás
São Francisco de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Municipal boundaries:
*North: Jaraguá
*South: Petrolina de Goiás
*East: Pirenópolis
*West: Jesúpolis and Jaraguá
Connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 ...
/ BR-153 /
Jaraguá Jaraguá or Jaragua may refer to:
Places
*Jaraguá, Goiás, a city in Brazil
* Jaraguá do Sul, a city in Santa Catarina State, Brazil
*Jaraguá (district of São Paulo), Brazil
*Villa Jaragua, a city in the Baoruco province, Dominican Republic
* J ...
/
Rianápolis /
Rialma / GO-480. Se
Seplan
Politics and Demographics
The mayor was Laurismar Batista Borges (January 2005) and there were 9 city council members. The number of eligible voters was 2,867 (December/2007).
The population density was 4.32 inhabitants/km
2 (2007) with 1,328 (2007) urban inhabitants and 2,157 rural inhabitants. The population has decreased about 400 people since 1991.
The Economy
The economy is based on modest agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There were only 130 automobiles. There were 535 farms in 2006, with 75% of the land in pasture. The cattle herd had 74,000 head while the main crops were rice, sugarcane, beans, manioc, corn (800 hectares), and soybeans.
Health and Education
There were 5 schools. The adult literacy rate was 82.5% (2000) (the national average was 86.4%) There were no hospitals. The infant mortality rate was 26.34 (2000) (the national average was 33.0)
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the Educational system, education system), ...
: 0.720
*State ranking: 174 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,617 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
For the complete list se
frigoletto.com.br
See also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.
Ordered by regio ...
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Microregions of Goiás
References
Frigoletto
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Municipalities in Goiás