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Edealina
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:	606.6 km²
Population:	3,718 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	578m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75945-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Vale do Rio dos Bois
Became a city:	1989
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.... :	155 km.
Website:	none
Coordinates:	17°25′34"S 49°39′30"W

Edealina is a small town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

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-south 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...

Location

Edealina has municipal boundaries with Edéia

Edéia

Edéia is a small city and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil.-Municipal Boundaries:Edéia is in the Vale do Rio dos Boisstatistical micro-region and has municipal boundaries with:*north: Indiara*west: Acreúna and Turvelândia...

, Pontalina

Pontalina

Pontalina is a small city and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil.GeographyPontalina is 125 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is connected by highways BR-153 and GO-19...

, Indiara

Indiara

Indiara is a small city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.-Location:Indiara is located in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:*north: Palmeiras de Goiás...

, and Cezarina

Cezarina

Cezarina is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.-Location and Communications:Cezarina belongs to the Vale do Rio dos Bois statistical micro-region. It has municipal boundaries with:*north: Palmeiras de Goiás*south: Edealina*east: Varjão...

The important Rio dos Bois forms part of the municipal boundary.

Highway communications with 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....

are made by BR-060 / 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...

/ Cezarina

Cezarina

/ Indiara

Indiara

/ GO-320 / Edéia

Edéia

/ GO-215. Sepin

Political Data

Eligible voters: 3,162 (12/2007)
Mayor (prefeito): Vantuir Alves de Oliveira (2005)
Vice-mayor (vice-prefeito):
Councilmembers (vereadores): 09

Demographic Data

Population density: 6.16 inhab/km² (2007)
Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0.32.%
Population in 1991: 4,039
Urban population: 2,557 (2007)
Rural population: 1,161 (2007)

Economy

The economy is based on soybeans, corn, rice, beans, tomatoes and on cattle raising. In some areas pivot sprinklers are being used. In the industrial sector there is a dairy, and several brickworks.

Economic Data

Industrial units: 05 ( 06/2007)
Retail units: 35 (08/2007)
Banking institutions: none (2007)
Dairies: Coop. M. dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
Cattle: 56,350 (2006)
Modest production of cotton—rice (700 hectares)
Corn: 3,900 hectares (2006)
Soybeans: 13,500 hectares planted
Motor vehicles: 374 automobiles in 2007

Agricultural Data for 2006

Number of farms: 410
Total area: 56,584
Planted area: 11,600
Area of natural pasture: 33,025
Workers in agriculture: 1,300

Education and Health

Literacy rate: 83.5% (2000)
Infant mortality rate: 12.88 in 1,000 live births (2000)
Schools: 03 with 1,055 students in 2006
Hospitals: 0
Public health clinics (SUS): 04

Ranking on the Municipal 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...

MHDI: 0.768
State ranking: 43 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
National ranking: 1,393 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)

For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

History
Edealina was first created as a district in 1976 in the municipality of Edéia

Edéia

. In 1988 it was dismembered from Edéia and made a municipality. The origin of the name is unknown.

Sources of Data

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