Simolândia 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 northeast

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state,

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Location and Geography

Simolândia is situated in the northeast of Goiás, at kilometer 250 of the important BR-020 (Belém-Brasília highway). It forms boundaries with

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Alvorada do Norte Alvorada do Norte is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is an important commercial center on the Brasília-Salvador highway. Location Alvorada do Norte is part of the Vão do Paranã Microregion. Neighboring municipalities ...

and

Buritinópolis Buritinópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the poorest municipality in the state. Location Buritinópolis is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region in the area near Simolândia and Alvorada do Nor ...

. It belongs to the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region. The distance to

Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...

is 460 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 /

Anápolis Anápolis ( , ) is a Brazilian city in the state of Goiás. It is located between two capitals, the federal capital Brasília and state capital Goiânia. It is the third most populous city in the state, with 398,869 inhabitants according to the ...

/ BR-060 /

Alexânia Alexânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The Areias River passes through the municipality. Location It is located on the main Brasília–Goiânia highway, GO-060, which has been recently widened to four lanes. The distance ...

/ Sobradinho / Planaltina /

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/ BR-020 / BR-030 / BR-020 / Vila Boa /

. The municipality lies mainly on the slopes of the Serra da Chapadinha and the topography is broken by several rivers: the Corrente, Salobro and Buriti, which are popular with tourists. The climate is hot and dry. The vegetation is made up of 60% forest and 40% savanna. Hardwoods are exported or used in the furniture industry.

Demographic Information

*Population density: 19.88 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 5,735 (2007) *Rural population: 1,189 (2000) *Population growth: a gain of about 1,000 people since 1991

Economic Information

The economy is based on

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

, cattle raising (19,100 head in 2006), services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There were no banks in 2007. There were 362 automobiles in 2007. *Motor vehicles: 443 (automobiles and pickup trucks) *Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 15 Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 345 *Total area: 23,174 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 255 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 723 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 14,657 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 7,432 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 950 *Tractors: 33 *Cattle herd: 19,100 *Main crops: 540 hectares

Health and education

*Schools: 15 *Classrooms: 49 *Teachers: 110 *Students: 2,596 (2006) *Hospitals: 1 with 16 beds (2007) *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 76.1% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) *Infant mortality rate: 33.48 (2000) (national average was 33.0) Simolândia was ranked 233 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás on the United Nations

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with a score of 0.657. Nationally it was ranked 3,649 out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000. (All data are from 2000.) Frigoletto.com
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