Turvelândia
Turvelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.Location
Turvelândia is located 65 km. east of Rio Verde
Neighboring municipalities: Acreúna, Edéia, Santa Helena de Goiás, MaurilândiaPolitical Information
- Mayor: Eduardo Mendonça
- City council: 09 members
- Eligible voters: 3,348
Demographic Information
- Population density: 4.1 inhabitants/km2
- Urban population: 2,865
- Rural population: 987
- Population growth: a loss of about 1,800 people since 1991
Economic Information
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Public administration provided jobs for 238 workers in 2003.
- Industrial units: 3
- Commercial units: 32
- Destillary: Vale do Verdão S/A
- Motor vehicles: 233, which gave a ratio of 16 inhabitants for each motor vehicle
- Cattle herd: 45,000 head
- Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane, manioc, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.
Education (2006)
- Schools: 4 with 1,075 students
- Higher education: none
- Adult literacy rate: 79.6%
Health (2007)
- Hospitals: 1
- Hospital beds: 13
- Ambulatory clinics: 3
- Infant mortality rate: 38.71
- MHDI: 0.685
- State ranking: 220
- National ranking: 3,223
Data are from 2000
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