Turvelândia
Turvelândia | |
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 Location in Goiás state | |
  Turvelândia Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′33″S 50°17′22″W / 17.85917°S 50.28944°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Goiás |
| Microregion | Vale do Rio dos Bois |
| Area | |
| • Total | 934.2 km2 (360.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 5,365 |
| • Density | 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal code | 75970-000 |
Turvelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location[edit]
Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde
- Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-060 west from Goiânia, through / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna/ GO-164 / Santa Helena de Goiás / BR-452 / GO-409 / Maurilândia.
Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, Maurilândia
Political Information[edit]
- Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça (January 2005)
- City council: 09 members
- Eligible voters: 3,348 (December/2007)
Demographic Information[edit]
- 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[edit]
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)[edit]
- Schools: 4 with 1,075 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 79.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
Health (2007)[edit]
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 13
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Infant mortality rate: 38.71 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
Municipal Human Development Index[edit]
- 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
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