Mossâmedes
Mossâmedes is a small
town and
municipality in western
Goiás state,
Brazil.
*Population (2005): 5,044
*Area of the municipality (2002): 684.4 km²
*Elevation: 615 meters
*Became a city: 1958
*Postal code: 76150-000
Location
Mossâmedes is located northwest of the state capital,
Goiânia in the
Anicuns Microregion. It is connected by paved roads with
Itaberaí to the north and
Anicuns to the south. The distance to the state capital is 142 kilometers. Road connections from Goiânia are made by GO-060 /
Trindade / GO-326 /
Anicuns / GO-222 / Chopana / GO-326 /
Sanclerlândia / GO-164.
Municipal boundaries are with:
*North:
Goiás*South:
Sanclerlândia,
Adelândia,
Americano do Brasil, and
Anicuns*East:
Itaberaí*West:
Buriti de GoiásPolitical Information
In January 2005 the Mayor was Mara Alice Aparecida da Silva Borges and the Vice-mayor was João Mauro Macedo Souza. The city council had 9 members and there were 4,017 eligible voters in 2004. Mara Alice ran for office under the coalition called Mãos Dadas para o Progresso, which was formed by the PMDB / PSL / PL / PSDB. She obtained 1676 votes. For results of the elections of 2004 in all the municipalities in Goiás see [
1]
Demographic Information
In 2003 the population density was 7.93 inhab/km². The population has decreased by more than 50% since 1980, when it was 12,208. At that time most of the population was rural and did not transfer to the urban area but to other urban centers in the state. From 1991 to 2000 the geometric population growth rate was -4.83.%. In 2003 3,569 inhabitants lived in the urban area and 1,858 lived in the rural area.
Economic Information
The main economic activity is cattle and poultry raising, small-scale farming, services, and government employment. In 2005 there was 1 industrial unit and 46 retail units. There was one banking institution represented: Banco Itaú S.A. In 2004 there were 299 automobiles, 17 trucks, 11 pickup trucks, and 141 motorcycles.
In 2004 there were 84,270 head of cattle, 173,120 head of poultry, and 6,365 head of swine. In 2005 the main agricultural products in planted area were rice, bananas, sugarcane, manioc, corn, and hearts of palm. None exceeded 1,000 hectares of planted area.
Health and Education
In 2003 there was 1 hospital with 24 beds and 4 walk-in health clinics. In 2002 there were 10 doctors, 4 nurses, and 5 dentists. The infant mortality rate was 20.33 in every 1,000 live births, which was below the national rate of 35.0 in the same year.
In 2005 the school system had 6 schools, 35 classrooms, 65 teachers, and 1,255 students. There was 1 middle school and no institutions of higher learning. The adult literacy rate was 84.6%, below the national average of 86.4% in 2000.
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index*Life expectancy: 70.4
*Adult literacy rate: 0.827
*School attendance rate: 0.873
*MHDI: 0.751
*State ranking: 74 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 1,862 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
All data are from 2000For the complete list see
frigoletto.com.brSources of Data
*
Diario da Manhã*
IBGE*
Seplan*
Frigoletto*
City Brazil*
Sepin
