Amorinópolis

Amorinópolis is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
*Population (2005 estimate): 3,968
*Total area: 409.9 km²
*Elevation: 641 meters
*Became a municipality: 1958
*Microregion: Iporá Microregion
*Postal code: 76140-000
*Distance to Goiânia: 244 km.
*Distance to regional center (Iporá): 19 km.
*Highway connections: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, São Luís de Montes Belos, Iporá, and then GO-174 for 19 kilometers south.

Neighboring municipalities: Iporá and Israelândia.

Demographic and Political Data
*Population density: 9.93 inhab/km² (2003)
*Population growth rate 1991-2000: -0.73.%
*Population in 1980: 5,348
*Population in 1991: 4,428
*Urban population: 2,321 (2003)
*Rural population: 1,737 (2003)
*Number of households: 1305
*Eligible voters: 3201 (09/2004)
*City government: mayor (Maria Aparecida Leite de Andrade), vice-mayor (Izabete de Jesus Costa), and 09 councilpersons

Motor vehicles registered in 2004
*automobiles: 202
*trucks: 13
*pickups: 20
*motorcycles: 173Source: [1]

The Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising, agriculture, public service, and services.

There were 55,000 head of cattle in 2003. The most important agricultural products in planted area were: rice (200 hectares), corn (250 hectares), and soybeans (1,034 hectares).
*Gross Domestic Product: 17 million Reais in 2002, which was 0.05% of the state GDP of 31.298 billion Reais.
*Gross Domestic Product per capita: 4,303 Reais in 2002, which was lower than the state average of 5,291 Reais.

The main economic sectors employing workers were: 5 units of the transformation industry employing 6 workers, 8 units of commerce employing 18 workers.There were no financial institutions reporting in 2004.

Health and Education
*Health establishments: 04
*Hospital beds: 18
*Doctors / nurses / dentists: 09 / 01 / 01(IBGE data from 2002)
*Infant mortality rate: 24.39 for every 1000 live births in 2000. in 1990 it was 35.86. [2]
*Primary schools / enrollment / teachers: 05 / 695 / 50
*Secondary schools / enrollment / teachers: 01 / 168 / 19(IBGE data from 2004)
*Literacy rate: 83.3% in 2002. In 1991 it was 77.1%. [3]

Households and Income
*Number of households: 1,305
*Households with no income: 117
*Households with less than minimum salary: 506
*Households with 01 to 02 minimum salaries: 334
*Households with 02 to 03 minimum salaries: 110
*Households with 03 to 05 minimum salaries: 122
*Households with 05 to 10 minimum salaries: 74
*Households with more than 10 minimum salaries: 44
*The minimum salary in April 2000 was R$151.00. The minimum salary of April 2006 was R$350.00, which was $167.40 US dollars on April 30, 2006

Ranking on the 2000 Municipal Human Development Index
*Life expectancy: 68.7
*Adult literacy rate: 0.814
*School attendance rate: 0.855
*MHDI: 0.732
*State ranking: 140 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,390 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

External links

* Diario da Manhã
* IBGE
* Seplan
* Frigoletto
* City Brazil