Turvelândia

Turvelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-060 west from Goiânia, through / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna/ GO-164 / Santa Helena de Goiás / BR-452 / GO-409 / Maurilândia.

Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, Maurilândia

Political Information

Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça
City council: 09 members
Eligible voters: 3,348

Demographic Information

Population density: 4.1 inhabitants/km²
Urban population: 2,865
Rural population: 987
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
Commercial units: 32
Destillary: Vale do Verdão S/A
Motor vehicles: 233, which gave a ratio of 16 inhabitants for each motor vehicle
Cattle herd: 45,000 head
Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane, manioc, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.

Education (2006)

Schools: 4 with 1,075 students
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 79.6%

Health (2007)

Hospitals: 1
Hospital beds: 13
Ambulatory clinics: 3
Infant mortality rate: 38.71

Municipal Human Development Index

MHDI: 0.685
State ranking: 220
National ranking: 3,223

Data are from 2000
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