Abadia de Goiás
State	Goiás Goiás Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
Area:	136.9 km²
Population:	5,868 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	898m above sea level
Postal code (CEP):	75345-000
Became a city:	1997
Statistical Microregion:	Goiânia Microregion Goiânia Microregion The Goiânia Microregion is a region in central Goiás state, Brazil. It includes 17 municipalities with a population of 2,032,305 in a total area of 6,848.00 km²....
Distance to Goiânia Goiânia -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm.... :	27 km.
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Abadia de Goiás is a small town

Town

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 and municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in central Goiás

Goiás

Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

 state, Brazil

Brazil

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, located on the western edge of the Goiânia metropolitan area.

Geographical Data

The distance to Goiânia

Goiânia

-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

 is 27 km. and highway connections are made by BR-060.

Neighboring municipalities are:

• north and east: Trindade
  Trindade
  -Transportation:Trindade are linked with São Tomé and Príncipe's only highways linking to the capital city of São Tomé, another linking Neves and Santana and another linking to Guadalupe as well....
  
  
• northwest: Goiânia
  Goiânia
  -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....
  
  
• east: Guapó
  Guapó
  Guapó is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 13,586 and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km² .Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion...
  
  
• south: Aragoiânia
  Aragoiânia
  Aragoiânia is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,243 in a total area of 219.5 km²....
  
  

Demographic and Political Data

• Population density: 40.07 inhab/km² (2007)
• Urban population: 3,963 (2007)
• Rural population: 1,905 (2007)
• Eligible voters in 2007: 4683
• City government in 2005: mayor (Antomar Moreira dos Santos), vice-mayor (Maria Lúcia das Graças Matias), and 09 councilpersons
• Households: 1,398 (2000)
• Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 872 (2000)

Economy

The economy is based on services, government jobs, small industries, cattle raising, poultry, and agriculture.

Main Enterprises

• agriculture: 04 units employing 42 workers
• transformation industry: 13 units employing 53 workers
• construction: 07 units employing 21 workers
• commerce: 57 units employing 142 workers
• real estate: 31 units employing 62 workers
• education: 03 units employing 12 workers
• health: 04 units employing 07 workers
• public administration: 03 units employing 168 workers

(IBGE 2003)

The cattle herd consisted of 17,460 head, of which 1,930 were milking cows (2006). The main agricultural products were rice, manioc, and corn.

Health and education

• Infant mortality rate in 2000: 27.70 (28.50 in 1990)
• Literacy rate in 2000: 89.2

There were no hospitals in 2007. There were 06 schools with an enrollment of 1,810.
Source: IBGE

Human Development Index

Human Development Index

The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...

: 0.742

• State ranking: 101 (out of 242 municipalities)
• National ranking: 2,112 (out of 5,507 municipalities)