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