Official Name: | Gameleira de Goiás |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Coordinates: | -16.4686°N -48.6319°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: | Pires do Rio Microregion |
Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Elevation M: | 993 |
Area Total Km2: | 595.3 |
Population Total: | 3,880 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | BRT |
Utc Offset1: | -3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 75184-000 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Gameleira de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population in 2020 was 3,880 in a total area of 595 square kilometers.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 99 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-457 / GO-010 / Bonfinópolis / Leopoldo de Bulhões / Silvânia / GO-437. (18 km unpaved).
Gameleira has municipal boundaries with Silvânia, Abadiânia, and Anápolis.
The main economic activities are livestock raising, agriculture, and services.
Economic Data
Agriculture
Agriculture is based on cattle raising and growing of corn, sugarcane, rice, and soybeans.
In 2004 the cattle herd was 20,250 head, of which 6,000 were milking cows. The main agricultural products in planted area were soybeans (25,000 hectares), corn (1,200 hectares), beans, sorghum, tomatoes, and citrus fruits.