Adelândia Explained

Official Name:Adelândia
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-16.3942°N -50.1678°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central-West
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Goiás
Subdivision Type3:Mesoregion
Subdivision Type4:Microregion
Subdivision Name4:Anicuns Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:649
Area Total Km2:115.7
Population Total:2,516
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:76155-000
Area Code Type:Area code

Adelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

The distance to the state capital Goiânia is 129 km. while the distance to the regional center São Luís de Montes Belos is 6 km.Highway connections are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, São Luís de Montes Belos, and then 6 kilometers to Adelândia. Neighboring municipalities are Mossâmedes, Anicuns, Turvânia, São Luís de Montes Belos, and Sanclerlândia.

Political Information

The number of registered voters was 1971 (09/06/2004) while the mayor was Mauricio Martins de Freitas), vice-mayor (Adma Duarte Gomes e Silva), and there were 09 council members.

The ex-mayor Lourival de Assis Lobo (1951-2007) was the first independent mayor of the city and the emancipator. His first lady was D. Luciene Rocha Malheiros Lobo.

He had nine descendants in his lineage: Fabio Lobo, Renata Lobo, Patricia Lobo, Elmo Lobo, Lourival Filho, Raphael Lobo and Yuri Lobo.

The economy

The economy is based on cattle raising and growing of corn, bananas, and beans. There is also some wood extraction and transformation.The size of the cattle herd was 12,331 head.

Health and education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.88. There was 1 small hospital in 2002 with 22 beds, 4 doctors and 2 nurses. In the educational sectorthere were 2 primary schools with 527 students (2004) and 1 middle school (State College Francisco de Assis Lobo Sobrinho) with 143 students. The literacy rate in 2000 was 80.9%. (Source: IBGE)

Adelândia had a score of 0.715 on the Municipal Human Development Index, giving it a state ranking of 184 (out of 242 municipalities)and a national ranking of 2,712 (out of 5,507 municipalities). (All data are from 2000)

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References

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/adelandia/panorama IBGE 2020