Porteirão Explained

Official Name:Porteirão
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-17.8194°N -50.1428°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:Meia Ponte Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:470
Area Total Km2:603.9
Population Total:3,931
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:HDI
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:75603-000
Area Code Type:Area code

Porteirão is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.

Geographical Information

Porteirão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with Itumbiara.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 178 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-040 / Aragoiânia / Cromínia / GO-319 / Pontalina / GO-040 / Aloândia / BR-452 / Bom Jesus de Goiás / GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in Goiás see Seplan

Neighboring municipalities are:

Political Information

Demographics

The economy

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

Education (2006)

Health (2007)

Qualtity of Life

The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations Human Development Index (2000), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás. For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

See also

References

Notes and References

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