Santa Terezinha de Goiás explained

Official Name:	Santa Terezinha de Goiás
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Brazil
Coordinates:	-14.4333°N -49.6956°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:	Porangatu Microregion
Subdivision Type5:	Metrop. region
Leader Title:	Mayor
Elevation M:	409
Area Total Km2:	1202.2
Population Total:	8,562
Population As Of:	2020 ^[1]
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	BRT
Utc Offset1:	-3
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	76500-000
Area Code Type:	Area code

Santa Terezinha de Goiás is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. Santa Terezinha is sometimes written as "Santa Teresinha".

Location

Santa Terezinha is in the extreme north of the state, 174 km. southwest of Porangatu. It is 66 km. west of the important BR-153 highway.

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rianápolis / Rialma / GO-336 / Itapaci / GO-154 / Pilar de Goiás.

Santa Terezinha de Goiás is bordered by the following municipalities:

• north: Campos Verdes de Goiás and Mara Rosa
  • • south: Guarinos east: Uruaçu west: Crixás

Demographics

• Population density: 9.61 inhabitants/km² (2007)
• Urban population: 8,673 (2007)
• Rural population: 2,885 (2007)
• Population change: 1.37% 1996/2007

The economy

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

• Industrial units: 18 (2007)
• Retail units: 111 (2007), employing 275 workers in 2005
• Financial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. - Bradesco S.A. (01/06/2005)
• Automobiles: 567 (2007)

Agricultural data (2006)

• Farms: 691
• Total agricultural area: 66,678 hectares
• Permanent planted area: 2,297 hectares
• Temporary planted area: 3,441 hectares
• Natural pasture: 43,488 hectares
• Woodland and forest: 15,177 hectares
• Workers related to the farm owner: 1,609
• Workers not related to the farm owner: 188 (IBGE)
• Cattle herd: 77,000 head (2006)
• Main crops: rice (280 hectares), bananas, beans, manioc, corn (900 hectares), palm hearts and coconut

Education

• Schools: 11 with 3,503 students
• Higher education: campus of the Estadual de Goiás
• Adult literacy rate: 83.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health

• Hospitals: 1
• Hospital beds: 43
• Ambulatory clinics: 5
• Infant mortality rate: 27.56 (2000) (national average was 33.

Municipal Human Development Index

• MHDI: .721
• State ranking: 171 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
• National ranking: 2,607 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 200

Seplan Economic Development Index:The ranking was 168 out of 246 municipalities.^[2]

Seplan Social Development Index:The ranking was 101 out of 246 municipalities.^[3]

See also

• List of municipalities in Goiás
• Microregions of Goiás

References

• Frigoletto

Notes and References

1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/santa-terezinha-de-goias/panorama IBGE 2020
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706160040/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/ide_ids/2001/tabela1.1.htm Seplan
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706160100/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/ide_ids/2001/tabela2.1.htm Seplan