Senador Canedo is a

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in central

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state,

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. It is the center of the

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for the state.

Geography

Location

Senador Canedo is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010. It is located 16 kilometers southeast of the state capital of

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and is connected by GO-403 Senador Canedo is part of the Goiânia Microregion, which has more than 1,700,000 inhabitants.

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, services, public administration, and transformation industries. Much of the income is generated by the petrochemical installations. *Industrial units: 81 (2007) *Commercial units: 416 (2007) *Dairies: Agroindustrial Morada do Bosque Ltda (22/05/2006) *Meat-packing plants: Coop. Ind. de Carnes e Derivados de Goiás Ltda (22/05/2006) *Financial institutions: -- Banco Itaú S.A. - Banco do Brasil S.A (08/2007) *Cattle herd: 18,460 head (2006) *Main crops: rice (120 hectares), bananas, sugarcane, oranges, tangerines, beans, manioc, corn (600 hectares), and soybeans (200 hectares).

Petrochemicals

The principal activity of the city is the petrochemical complex
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Politics

*Mayor: Divino Pereira Lemes *Political coalition: PDT / PMDB / PL / PPS / PHS *City council: 10 members *Eligible voters: 44,492 (December/2007)

Demography

*Population density: 288.3 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 67,900 (2007) *Rural population: 2,659 (2007) *Population growth: a gain of about 48,000 people since 1991

Education (2006)

*Schools: 54 *Classrooms: 380 *Teachers: 852 *Students: 25,046 *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 90.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2003)

*Hospitals: 1 *Hospital beds: 75 *Ambulatory clinics: 22 *Infant mortality rate: 27.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

Municipal
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*MHDI: 0.729 *State ranking: 147 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 2,447 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list se
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References

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{{Municipalities of Goiás Municipalities in Goiás