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Microregion of Quirinópolis

The Quirinópolis Microregion is a region in south Goiás state, Brazil. It includes 8 municipalities with a population of 95,094 (2007) and a total area of 16,117.60 km2.

Municipalities

The microregion consists of the following municipalities:[1]

Municipality Area (km2) Inhabitants in 2007 Population density in 2007 (inhabitants/km2) Population growth rate 1996/2007 (%)
Cachoeira Alta 1,659 8,103 4.90 -0.19
Caçu 2,258 10,892 4.84 0.4
Gouvelândia 833 4,507 5.43 0.98
Itajá 2,091 5,409 2.59 4.18
Itarumã 3,444 5,338 1.55 -1.00
Lagoa Santa 459 1,225 2.67 n/a
Paranaiguara 1,157 7,724 6.69 -0.67
Quirinópolis 3,792 38,064 10.07 0.65
São Simão 415 13,832 33.41 1.11

Economics

Municipality GDP 2005 (R$1,000.00) Corn production in 2007 (tons) Soybean production in 2007 (tons) Cattle 2006 (head)
Cachoeira Alta 86,978 1,800 n/a 163,000
Caçu 76,642 1,800 1,960 211,000
Gouvelândia 42,593 13,750 11,200 73,000
Itajá 43,899 765 560 177,000
Itarumã 58,584 6,000 4,500 292,000
Lagoa Santa 10,357 1,020 n/a 48,000
Paranaiguara 45,758 1,000 1,120 110,000
Quirinópolis 284,370 35,400 25,000 356,000
São Simão 870,974 3,000 n/a 40,000

Health and education

Municipality MHDI 2000 Literacy rate 2000 Infant mortality rate 2000
Cachoeira Alta 0.737 84.4 28.90
Caçu 0.783 86.8 16.89
Gouvelândia 0.738 84.2 22.10
Itajá 0.747 84.6 22.10
Itarumã 0.735 85.3 28.88
Lagoa Santa n/a n/a n/a
Paranaiguara 0.751 84.3 22.10
Quirinópolis 0.780 87.1 16.81
São Simão 0.754 85.1 28.90

See also

References

  1. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística[permanent dead link], territorial division.

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