São Luíz do Norte explained

Official Name:São Luíz do Norte
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-14.8644°N -49.3328°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:Ceres Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:564
Area Total Km2:586.0
Population Total:5,215
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:76365-000
Area Code Type:Area code

São Luíz do Norte is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. An alternative spelling is "São Luís do Norte".

Location

São Luíz is located 58 km. north of Ceres on the important BR-153 highway.

Neighboring municipalities: Hidrolina, Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goianésia, Santa Isabel, Nova Glória and Itapaci.

Demographics

The Economy

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.There was one dairy—G.G. Teixeira e Cia Ltda—in 2007. In 2006 there were 161 farms with a total area of 35,883 hectares, 19,000 hectares being pasture. The cattle herd had 31,000 head in 2007. The main crops were pineapple, sugarcane (5,600 hectares), rice (300 hectares), beans, manioc, corn (300 hectares), and soybeans (3,600 hectares).

Health and Education

In the educational sector there were 6 schools. The adult literacy rate was 80.5% (2000) (national average was 86.4%). There were no hospitals in 2007. The infant mortality rate was 25,32 (2000) (national average was 33.0). The score on the Human Development Index was 0.710. For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/sao-luiz-do-norte/panorama IBGE 2020