Formoso
Formoso is a small town and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 5,233 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 847.4 km².
- Population density: 6.41 hab/km² (2003)
- Elevation: 569 meters
- Became a municipality: 1963
- Microregion: Porangatu Microregion
- Distance to Goiânia: 399 km.
- Postal code: 76470-000
Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / BR-080 / BR-153 / Uruaçu / Santa Tereza de Goiás / GO-241. See Seplan
Formoso is surrounded by the following municipalities:
- north: Santa Tereza de Goiás and Trombas
- east: Campinorte and Minaçu
- west: Estrela do Norte
- south: Campinorte and Mara Rosa
Political Data
- Eligible voters: 3,765 (06/09/2004)
- Mayor: Maurílio Macedo Gomes (January 2005)
- Vice-mayor: Walter Pereira Pessoa
- Councilmembers: 09
Demographic Data
- Population growth rate 1991/2000: -1.07.%
- Population in 1980: 15,403
- Population in 1991: 6,158
- Urban population in 2003: 3,948
- Rural population in 2003: 1,466
- Households in 2000: 1,618
- Households earning less than 01 minimum salary: 872
Economic Data
- Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$19.689 million
- Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$16.674 million
- State ranking of GDP in 2002: 180 out of 246 municipalities
- Classification of GDP in 2002: R$7.323 million (Agriculture), R$1.776 million (Industry), R$7.586 million (Services)
- PIB per capita in 2003: R$3,673
- PIB per capita in 2002: R$3,073 (state average was R$5,921)
- Industrial units: 07 (10/06/2005)
- Retail units: 52 (abr/2005)
- Banking institutions: Banco Itaú S.A. (01/06/2005)
- Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
- Automobiles: 335 in 2004
Main agricultural activities:
- Cattle raising: 46,000 head (2005)
- Poultry: 24,400
- Agriculture: rice (350 hectares), sugarcane (20 hectares), manioc (80 hectares), corn (450 hectares), and banana (40 hectares). Statistics are from IBGE
Education and Health
- Literacy rate: 84.0%
- Infant mortality rate: 24.07 in 1,000 live births
- Schools: 08 (2005)
- Classrooms: 36
- Teachers: 64
- Students: 1,477
- Hospitals: 01 (July 2003
- Hospital beds: 19
- Walk-in public health clinics: 02
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 68.9
- Adult literacy rate: 0.830
- School attendance rate: 0.885
- MHDI: 0.737
- State ranking: 119 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 2,250 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
Data are from 2000
For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br
Sources of Data