Itapuranga

Itapuranga
State	Goiás
Area:	1,277,2 km²
Population:	25,646 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	651m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	76680-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Ceres Microregion
Became a city:	1953
Distance to Goiânia:	171 km.
Website:	Itapuranga Net

Itapuranga is a small town and municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 25,646 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 1,277,2 km² (10/10/2002).

Location and Climate

Itapuranga is located northwest of Goiânia and north of Goiás.

Main highways of access: G0-070 to Itaberaí and state highway GO-156 north through Heitoraí. See Seplan

Because of its fertile soil and geo-economic location, Itapuranga is considered the capital of the Vale do São Patrício. Municipal boundaries are with: Carmo do Rio Verde, Faina, Goiás, Guarita, Heitoraí, Morro Agudo de Goiás, Uruana and São Patrício.

There are two well defined seasons, a rainy season from October to April, and a dry season, from May to September. The average annual minimum temperature is 11 °C, the maximum, 38 °C, and the average, 25 °C.

The vegetation is quite diversified: small clumps of forest, bushes, and grasses. The types of vegetation cover are: cerrado 8.2%, fields 4.4%, forest 3.0%. The cultivated area is 8.7% and the pasture land is 74.8%.

Political data

Mayor: Wagner Camargo Júnior
Vice-mayor: Maria Ferraz da Silva Mota
Number of councilmembers: 9
Total number of eligible voters: 21,131 (06/09/2004)

Demographic data

Year // Population // Urban Pop. // Rural Pop.
1980 // 30,358 // 15,492 // 14,866
1991 // 31,215 // 19,885 // 11,330
2003 // 26,202 // 20,210 (1) // 5,992 (1)
2005 // 25,646

(1) Estimated by logistic method

Population growth rate 1991/1996: -2.23.%
Population growth rate 1991/2000: -1.70.%
Population growth rate 1996/2000: -1.04.%

Economy

Cattle raising, services, small industries, and agriculture are the main economic activities.

Animal raising (2004)

Poultry: (head) 91,300
Cattle (head) 134,000
Milk production (1,000 liters) 30,690
Egg production: (1,000 dz) 254
Swine: (head) 11,000
Milk cows (head): 27,900

Main crops in planted area(2005)

In hectares planted

Bananas: 80 hectares
Beans: 33
Coconut: 20
Corn: 2,500
Manioc: 100
Passion fruit: 40
Rice: 1,500
Soybeans: 150
Sugarcane: 2,000
Tomatoes: 25

Data are from IBGE

Number of industrial establishments: 84 (10/06/2005)
Industrial district: Distrito Agroindustrial - DIAI (Sept/2004)
Distilleries: none (June/2005)
Meat-packing Plants/Egg collection: none (07/06/2005)
Dairies: - Goiaslat Indústria de Alimentos Ltda.; - Duleite Indústria de Alimentos Ltda.; - Indústria e Com. de Laticínios Primavera Ltda (07/06/2005)
Banking Establishments: - Banco do Brasil S.A - BRADESCO S.A.

- Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF. (01/06/2005)

Number of Retail Commercial Establishments: 201 (April/2005)
Motor vehicles: 2,170 automobiles, 208 trucks, 143 pickup trucks, and 2,426 motorcycles. (2004)

GDP: (R$ 1,000.00) 100.533 (2003)
GDP: per capita (R$ 1.00) 3,861 (2003)
GDP by sectors in 2002 (R$ 1,000.00): 39.168 (Agriculture), 13.170 (Industry), 44.414 (Services)
Ranking of GDP in state (2002): 61

Education (2005)

Schools in activity: 28
Classrooms: 219
Teachers: 392
Total Students: 7,041
Students in pre-school education: 732
Students in Literacy Class: 0
Students in Primary Level: 4,223
Students in Secondary Level: 1,406
Students in Special Education: 36
Students in Adult Education: 495
Students in Professional Education: 0
Students in Nursery School: 149
Higher education: UEG - Faculdade de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Itapuranga.
Literacy Rate: 82.9%

Health (2003)

Hospitals: 5
Beds: 223
Walk-in health clinics: 8
Doctors: 46 (2002)
Nurses: 7
Dentists: 4
Infant mortality rate: 26.53 (in 1,000 live births)

Permanent households in 2000

Total: 7,879
Up to 1 minimum salary: 3,250
More than 1 to 2: 1,829
More than 2 to 3: 621
More than 3 to 5: 735
More than 5 to 10: 503
More than 10 to 15: 122
More than 15 to 20: 75
More than 20 to 30: 30
More than 30: 53
No income: 661

Human Development Index

Life expectancy: 67.9
Adult literacy rate: 0.808
School attendance rate: 0.829
MHDI: 0.735
State ranking: 128 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
National ranking: 2,312 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

Data are from 2000

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Sources of data

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