Turvelândia Explained
| Official Name: | Turvelândia |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -17.8592°N -50.2894°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: | Vale do Rio dos Bois |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Elevation M: | 459 |
| Area Total Km2: | 934.2 |
| Population Total: | 5,365 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 75970-000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Turvelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde
Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, Maurilândia
Political Information
- Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça (January 2005)
- City council: 09 members
- Eligible voters: 3,348 (December/2007)
Demographic Information
- Population density: 4.1 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
- Urban population: 2,865 (2007)
- Rural population: 987 (2007)
- Population growth: a loss of about 1,800 people since 1991
Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Public administration provided jobs for 238 workers in 2003.
- Industrial units: 3 (2007)
- Commercial units: 32 (2007)
- Destillary: Vale do Verdão S/A (2007)
- Motor vehicles: 233 (2007), which gave a ratio of 16 inhabitants for each motor vehicle
- Cattle herd: 45,000 head (3,600 milk cows) (2006)
- Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane (11,200 hectares), manioc, corn (3,000 hectares), sorghum, and soybeans (14,000 hectares).
Education (2006)
- Schools: 4 with 1,075 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 79.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
Health (2007)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 13
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Infant mortality rate: 38.71 (2000) (national average was 33.0)
Municipal Human Development Index
- MHDI: 0.685
- State ranking: 220 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 3,223 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
Data are from 2000
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
See also
References
Notes and References
- https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/turvelandia/panorama IBGE 2020
