Caturaí 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 central

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state,

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. Caturaí is 32 kilometers north of

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and belongs to the

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. It is connected to the state capital by highway GO-070. Neighboring municipalities are:

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, Araçu,

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, and Trindade.

Geography

The climate is tropical with minimum temperatures of 17 °C and maximums of 27 °C. The terrain is flat and is bathed by the Rio Peixe, which has its source in the municipality of

, and the Rio Anicuns, which forms the boundary with

. The vegetation, characterised by

cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are ...

is rich in forest and fertile lands.

Demographics

*Population density: 21.61 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population growth rate: 0.79% 1996/2007 *Population in 2007: 4,477 (''3,899'' in 1980) *Urban population in 2007: 3,341 (''1,553 in 1980'') *Rural population in 2007: 1,136 (''2,346 in 1980'')

Economy

The main economic activity is cattle raising, but there are also plantations of beans, soybeans, corn, and peanuts. *Industrial establishments: 12 (June 2007) *Retail commerce establishments: 22 (August 2007) *Banking establishments: none (August 2007) Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 325 *Total area: 14,359 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 217 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 1,848 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 10,147 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 1,863 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,060 *Farms with tractors: 58 *Number of tractors: 75 *Cattle herd: 22,500 hea
IBGE

Health and education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 21.15. There were 03 public health clinics (SUS) in 2003. The literacy rate in 2000 was 83.2. There were 03 primary schools in 2006, with 23 classrooms, 48 teachers, and 1,482 students. Caturaí had a score of 0.728 on the Municipal

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), ...

, ranking it 152 (out of 242 municipalities) in the state and 2,471 (out of 5,507 municipalities) in the country.

History

The town of Caturaí was founded in 1940 by members of the Spiritualist religion near the river called Rio do Peixe in the municipality of

. A church, Centro Espírita Santo Antônia de Pádua, was built and it soon attracted more settlers who came seeking miraculous cures. The first name of the town was Santo Antônio de Pádua. Soon there were around 600 inhabitants. In 1958 it was elevated to municipal status.

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