Caldazinha
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:	312.0 km²
Population:	3,157 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	866 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75245-000
Became a city:	1993
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.
IBGE 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....
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Caldazinha 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

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The population was 3,157 (2007) in a total area of 312 km².

Located 27 kilometers from the state capital, 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....

, Caldazinha belongs to the 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....

. Connections are made by GO-403 / passing through Senador Canedo

Senador Canedo

Senador Canedo is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is the center of the petrochemical industry for the state.-Location:Senador Canedo is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010...

.

Municipal boundaries are:

• north: Bonfinópolis
  Bonfinópolis
  Bonfinópolis is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is located a short distance east of Goiânia and is part of the Goiânia metropolitan area.The distance to Goiânia is 33 km...
  
   and Leopoldo de Bulhões
  Leopoldo de Bulhões
  Leopoldo de Bulhões is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The total area was 495.0 km² in October 2002) and the population was 8,916 in 2007...
  
  
• west: Senador Canedo
  Senador Canedo
  Senador Canedo is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is the center of the petrochemical industry for the state.-Location:Senador Canedo is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010...
  
  
• south: Bela Vista de Goiás
  Bela Vista de Goiás
  Bela Vista de Goiás is a small city located in central Goiás state in Brazil.-Location:It is 45 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia...
  
  .

Demographic and political facts

(All data are from 2007 unless otherwise mentioned)

Caldazinha's population distribution is characterized by an almost equal distribution between urban and rural inhabitants.

• Population density: 10.13 inhab/km²
• Population growth rate 2000/2007: 2,06.%
• Urban population: 1,739
• Rural population: 1,418
• Eligible voters: 2,532
• City government: mayor (Jucelino Braz de Castro), vice-mayor (Paulo Roberto de Oliveira), and 09 councilmembers

Economy

The main economic activity of Caldazinha is cattle raising (25,300 head--5,330 milking cows). Some residents have been investing in the commercialization of paca

Paca

The Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...

 meat, which although considered expensive, has been finding its niche in the market. There is also a small factory producing leather goods for farm use.

Other agricultural products are honey, bananas , oranges, rice, sugarcane, manioc, and corn (700 hectares). Source: IBGE

• financial institutions: none
• retail establishments: 16
• industrial units: 06

Education

• Literacy rate in 2000: 87.8
• schools: 04
• classrooms: 30
• teachers: 45
• students: 1,017
• higher education: none (IBGE 2006)

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: 98 (out of 242 municipalities)
• National ranking: 2,090 (out of 5,507 municipalities)