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
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 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
Posse
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Posse may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Posse'' (1975 ...
,
Alvorada do Norte and
Buritinópolis. It belongs to the
Vão do Paranã statistical
micro-region.
The distance to
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 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 391,772 inhabitants according to an e ...
/ BR-060 /
Alexânia
Alexânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Alexânia is known for its alleged extraterrestrial sightings in the late sixties and early seventies. The Areias River passes through the municipality.
Location
It is located on the ...
/
Sobradinho /
Planaltina /
Formosa
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/ BR-020 / BR-030 / BR-020 /
Vila Boa /
Alvorada do Norte.
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/km
2 (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 food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no s ...
, 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
Human Development Index
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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.)
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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 ...
*Microregions in Goiás
The state of Goiás is divided into 18 statistical microregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatístic (IBGE). These have no administrative function but are used only for statistics. The total area of the state is 341,289 km2 and ...
References
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Municipalities in Goiás