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| Abadiânia | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | State | Goiás | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Area: | 1,047 km² | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population: | 12,736 (IBGE 2005) | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Elevation: | 1,052 m above sea level | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Postal code (CEP): | 72940-000 | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Became a city: | 1953 | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Statistical Microregion: | Entorno de Brasília | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Distance to Goiânia: | 88 km. | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Website: | not available | - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |
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Abadiânia is part of the micro-region of Entorno de Brasília. Neighboring municipalties are:
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 88 km. Highway connections with Goiânia are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060. For the complete list see Seplan It is known as the City of Spiritual Cures because of the presence of psychic healer, João de Deus, who attracts many national and international tourists seeking cures for their maladies.
Located between Brasília and Goiânia on the Brasília - São Paulo highway (BR 153), it has always been a stopping-off point for travellers between the two cities.
Demographic and political data
- Population density: 11.57 inhab/km² (2003)
- Growth rate 1991/2000: 2.22.%
- Population in 1991: 9,402
- Population in 1980: 9,030
- Urban population: 7,802 (2003)
- Rural population: 4,282 (2003)--in 1980 the rural population was greater than the urban.
- Eligible voters: 9,114
- City government: mayor (Itamar Vieira Gomes), vice-mayor (Alaídes Gomes Araújo), and 09 councilpersons
- Households: 3,214
- Households earning less than 02 minimum salaries: 2,123
There is modest agricultural production--corn, rice and soybeans--as well as cattle raising. There was one financial institution in the town in 2004: Banco Itaú S.A.
- Gross Domestic Product: R$44.575 million in 2003 (21.414 million U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of May 1, 2006)
- Gross Domestic product per capita: R$3,632 in 2003 (1615 U.S.dollars at the exchange rate of May 1, 2006)
Vehicles (2004)
- automobiles: 279
- trucks: 127
- pickups: 32
- motorcycles: 247
Main economic enterprises
- Transformation: 48 units employing 240 workers
- Commerce: 84 units employing 274 workers
- Lodging and food: 19 units employing 73 workers
Agricultural production (2003):
- Cattle: 550 km²
- Corn: 20 km²
- Manioc: 0.6 km²
- Rice: 7 km²
- Soybeans: 50 km²
- Tomatoes: 0.2 km²
- Infant mortality in 2000: 22.36 (36.34 in 1990)
- Health establishments: 09 (2002)
- Hospital beds: 0
- Doctors / nurses / dentists: 15 / 03 / 02
- Literacy rate in 2000: 84.1 (76.5 in 1991)
- Primary schools / enrollment / teachers: 19 / 2,616 / 54 (2004)
- Secondary schools / enrollment / teachers: 02 / 578 / 34
- Higher education: none reporting in June 2005
Households and income 2000
- Number of households: 3,214
- Households with no income: 248
- Households with less than minimum salary: 1,158
- Households with 01 to 02 minimum salaries: 950
- Households with 02 to 03 minimum salaries: 264
- Households with 03 to 05 minimum salaries: 256
- Households with 05 to 10 minimum salaries: 222
- Households with 10 to 15 minimum salaries: 55
- Households with more than 15 minimum salaries: 61
- The minimum salary in April 2000 was R$151.00. The minimum salary of April 2006 was R$350.00, which was $167.40 US dollars on April 30, 2006
'''Electriciy, water, and sewage use:
- Electricity consumers: 4,029 in 2005 (3,214 households in 2000)
- Water connections: n/a
- Sewage connections: n/a
Tourism and history
The main tourist attractions are two waterfalls--Cachoeira do Ribeirão Curralinho and Cachoeira Pedregulho--the Corumbá River and the religious festivals.
Despite being a municipality since 1953 Abadiânia was only installed in its present site in the 1960s. The population was not happy with conditions of access and little by little they began to build their houses along the highway 18 kilometers away, where the present-day town is located.
Ranking on the United Nations Municipal Human Development Index (2000)
- Life expectancy: 69.5
- Adult literacy rate: 0.825
- School attendance rate: 0.742
- MHDI: 0.723
- State ranking: 165 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 2,569 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com
See also
List of municipalities in GoiásExternal Links
"Abadiânia"