Professor Jamil

Professor Jamil is a small town and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,765 (2000) in a total area of 347.4 km².

Elevation: 748 meters
Became a municipality: 1993
Statistical microregion: Meia Ponte Microregion
Postal code: 75645-000

Geographical information

Located 84 kilometers south of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-153, Professor Jamil has boundaries with the following municipalities:

north: Hidrolândia;
south: Mairipotaba and Piracanjuba;
east: Piracanjuba;
west: Cromínia and Mairipotaba

In road connections there are two state highways and several local roads linking the rural area to the town. The most important interstate highway of the state--BR153--crosses the municipality from north to south, connecting Professor Jamil to all the regions of Brazil.

Political information

Mayor: Alírio Elizeu Teixeira (January 2005)
Eligible voters: 3.028 (April 2006)
City council: 9 members

Demographic information

Population density: 10.8 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 2,349(2003)
Rural population: 1.232 (2003)
Population growth or loss: a gain of about 500 people since 2000.

Economic information

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There is also a poultry industry, swine raising and extraction of sand.

Industrial units: 2 (2005)
Commercial units: 28 (2005), employing 42 people in 2003
Bank agencies: none (June 2005)
Dairies: - Inústria de Laticínios Boa Nova Ltda (22/05/2006)
Meat packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Motor vehicles: 190 automobiles (2004)
Cattle herd: 48,092 head (2004)
Poultry: 13,129 head (2004)
Swine: 2,510 (2004)
Dairy cows: 7,231 (2004)
Main crops (2005): rice (3 km²) and corn (10 km²).

Education (2005)

Schools: 5
Classrooms: 21
Teachers: 57
Students: 1,096
Middle school enrollment: 190 students
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 83.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2003)

Hospitals: 0
Hospital beds: 0
Ambulatory clinics: 1
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3, 2, 0 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).

History

The origin of the town goes back to 1942 when a group of people got together and built a football field. Soon the first grocery store appeared. The first mass was prayed in 1952 when the settlement was called Campo Limpo. Soon it became a district of Piracanjuba and was emancipated in 1991 with the name, Professor Jamil, in homage to one of the first pioneers, Jamil Salim Safady, of Lebanese origin.

Municipal Human Development Index

Life expectancy: 67.4
Adult literacy rate: 0.817
School attendance rate: 0.883
MHDI: 0.736
State ranking: 123 (out of 242 municipalities)
National ranking: 2,229 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

Data are from 2000

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