Palminópolis
Palminópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Nearby towns are Palmeiras de Goiás, 28 km. to the east, and Turvânia, 22 km. to the north. The Turvo River lies to the west.- Distance to regional center : 41 km.
- Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade / GO-050 / Campestre de Goiás / GO-156.
Political Information
- Mayor: Erisval Vicente Santana
- City council: 9
- Eligible voters: 3,294
Demographic Information
- Population density: 9.34 inhabitants/km2
- Urban population: 2,421
- Rural population: 1,201
- Population growth: a loss of about 800 people since 1980
Economic Information
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industry. There is one dairy and one meat packing plant.- Industrial units: 6
- Commercial units: 37
- Dairy: Indústria e Comércio de Laticínios Saltador Ltda.
- Meat-packing plant: Coop. Agrop. dos Prod. Organ. do Estado de Goiás.
- Motor vehicles: 361 automobiles and pickup trucks, which gave a ratio of 10 inhabitants for each motor vehicle.
- Cattle herd: 48,660 head
- Main crops: rice, rubber, corn, soybeans, and tomatoes.
- Number of farms: 423
- Agricultural area: 44,756
- Planted area: 4,100 ha.
- Area of natural pasture: 33,678 ha.
- Persons employed in agriculture: 2,120
Education (2006)
- Schools: 4 with 1,018 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 87.9%
Health (2007)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 20
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Infant mortality rate: 22.64
- MHDI: 0.753
- State ranking: 70
- National ranking: 1,797