Santo Antônio de Goiás 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

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,

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, located just north of the state capital,

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 ...

. *Distance from

: 42 km. with connections by way of GO-462.

Location

Neighboring municipalities are: *north: Brazabrantes *south:

*east:

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 ...

*west:

Goianira Goianira is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located 32 kilometers northwest of the state capital, Goiânia. The population was 45,296 (2020) with a total area of 200.4 km² (10/10/2002). Goianira is becoming a major producer ...

Political Information

*Mayor: Lourival Vaz da Costa (January 2005) *City council: 09 *Eligible voters: 2,859 (December/2007) Santo Antônio was a district of

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 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), ...

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

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