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Turvelândia

Coordinates: 17°51′33″S 50°17′22″W / 17.85917°S 50.28944°W / -17.85917; -50.28944
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Turvelândia
Location in Goiás state
Location in Goiás state
Turvelândia is located in Brazil
Turvelândia
Turvelândia
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 17°51′33″S 50°17′22″W / 17.85917°S 50.28944°W / -17.85917; -50.28944
CountryBrazil
RegionCentral-West
StateGoiás
MicroregionVale do Rio dos Bois
Area
 • Total934.2 km2 (360.7 sq mi)
Elevation
459 m (1,506 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total5,365
 • Density5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
75970-000

Turvelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

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Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde

Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, Maurilândia

Political Information

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  • Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça (January 2005)
  • City council: 09 members
  • Eligible voters: 3,348 (December/2007)

Demographic Information

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  • Population density: 4.1 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
  • Urban population: 2,865 (2007)
  • Rural population: 987 (2007)
  • Population growth: a loss of about 1,800 people since 1991

Economic Information

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The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.

Public administration provided jobs for 238 workers in 2003.

  • Industrial units: 3 (2007)
  • Commercial units: 32 (2007)
  • Destillary: Vale do Verdão S/A (2007)
  • Motor vehicles: 233 (2007), which gave a ratio of 16 inhabitants for each motor vehicle
  • Cattle herd: 45,000 head (3,600 milk cows) (2006)
  • Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane (11,200 hectares), manioc, corn (3,000 hectares), sorghum, and soybeans (14,000 hectares).

Education (2006)

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  • Schools: 4 with 1,075 students
  • Higher education: none
  • Adult literacy rate: 79.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2007)

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  • Hospitals: 1
  • Hospital beds: 13
  • Ambulatory clinics: 3
  • Infant mortality rate: 38.71 (2000) (national average was 33.0)

Municipal Human Development Index

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  • MHDI: 0.685
  • State ranking: 220 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
  • National ranking: 3,223 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

Data are from 2000

For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

See also

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References

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