Itajá, Goiás
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Itajá is a small town and municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 5,884 (2005 est.) with a total area of 2,091.3 km² (10/10/2002). Itajá is a large producer of beef cattle.
- Population density: 2.76 hab/km² (2003)
- Elevation: 442 meters
- Became a municipality: 1958
- Postal code: 75815-000
Municipal boundaries are with:
- North: Itarumã
- South and West: the Aporé river and the state of Mato Grosso do Sul
- East: the Paranaíba and the state of Minas Gerais
The region is rich in water resources, with several important rivers: Paranaíba, Aporé and Corrente. There is also a lake with hot water, with a temperature of 42ºC. Tourism is considered one of the most important industries. There are still stretches of tropical forest mixed with cerrado. Animal life in the region includes giant anteaters, capybaras, foxes, armadillos, wolves, jaguars, seriemas, macaws, parrots and others.
Political Data
- Mayor: Luciano Leão
- Vice-mayor: Hermógenes Antônio Cruvinel
- Number of councilmembers: 9
- Total number of eligible voters: 4,109 (06/09/2004)
- Year / Population / Urban Pop. / Rural Pop.
- 1980 - 6,289 inhab - 2,854 inhab - 3,435 hab
- 1991 - 6,141 inhab - 3,552 inhab - 2,589 inhab
- 2003 - 5,766 inhab - 3,339 inhab (1) - 2,427 inhab.(1)
- 2005 - 5,842 inhab
- Population growth rate 1991/2000: 0.76.%
Economy
The economy is based on services, small industries, agriculture and cattle raising. There are also three brickworks employing around one thousand people.
Cattle raising is one of the major sources of income for the region although it provides relatively few jobs. The total number in 2003 was 173,622 head with 6,400 being dairy cows.
Animal Raising (2004)
- Poultry: (head) 15,740
- Cattle (head) 177,587
- Milk production (1,000 liters) 8.152
- Egg production: (1,000 dz) 38
- Swine: (head) 3,925
- Milk cows (head): 6,600
- rice: 110 hectares
- corn: 220 hectares
- Number of Industrial Establishments: 11 (10/06/2005)
- Industrial District: none - (Sept/2004)
- Distilleries: none - (June/2005)
- Meat-packing Plants/Egg collection: none (07/06/2005)
- Dairies: Barbosa e Chaves Ltda (07/06/2005)
- Banking Establishments: - Banco do Brasil S.A - Banco Itaú S.A. (01/06/2005)
- Number of Retail Commercial Establishments: 51 (April/2005)
- Motor vehicles: 370 automobiles, 58 trucks, 44 pickup trucks, and 101 motorcycles. (2004)
- GDP: (R$ 1,000.00) 49.635 (2003)
- GDP: per capita (R$ 1.00) 8,558 (2003)
- GDP by sectors in 2002 (R$ 1,000.00): 21.545 (Agriculture), 1.868 (Industry), 13.445 (Services)
- Ranking of GDP in state (2002): 104
- Schools in activity: 05
- Classrooms: 40
- Teachers: 70
- Total Students: 1,589
- Students in pre-school education: 161
- Students in Literacy Class: 0
- Students in Primary Level: 1,037
- Students in Secondary Level: 265
- Students in Special Education: 0
- Students in Adult Education: 51
- Students in Professional Education: 0
- Students in Nursery School: 75
- Higher education: none
- Literacy Rate: 84.6%
- Hospitals: 1
- Beds: 14
- Walk-in health clinics: 5
- Doctors: 8 (2002)
- Nurses: 2
- Dentists: 4
- Infant mortality rate: 22.10 (in 1,000 live births)
HistoryThe settlement began in 1947 with the name Fortaleza de São João. By 1953, it had grown so much that it became a district of Jataí with the name São João. In 1958 it was given municipality status.
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 69.69
- Adult literacy rate: 0.826
- School attendance rate: 0.823
- MHDI: 0.747
- State ranking: 83 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 1,868 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
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