Indiara

Indiara
Indiara
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Goiás state
	Indiara Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 17°08′30″S 49°59′41″W / 17.14167°S 49.99472°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Goiás
Microregion	Vale do Rio dos Bois
Area
• Total	956.4 km2 (369.3 sq mi)
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	15,787
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code	75955-000

Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.

Location

Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:

north: Palmeiras de Goiás
south: Edéia
east: Cezarina
west: Jandaia and Acreúna

Indiara is 102 kilometers (southwest) from the state capital, Goiânia and is on the edge of highway BR-060 (passing through Guapó and Cezarina).

Political data

Eligible voters: 9,310 (12/2007)
Mayor: José Vilmar da Fonseca (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Antônio Telesforo de Almeida
Councilmembers: 9

Demographic data

Population density: 13.28 inhabitants/km² (2007)
Population growth rate 2000/2007: 1.04%
Urban population in 2007: 10,408
Rural population in 2007: 2,295

Ranking on the municipal Human Development Index, 2000

Municipal Human Development Index MHDI: 0.731
State ranking: 143 (out of 242 municipalities)
National ranking: 2,414 (out of 5,507 municipalities)^[2]

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. There are plantations of corn, rice, and soybeans. There are several small industries producing furniture, lumber, and clothes.

Economic data for 2007

Industrial units: 20
Retail commercial units: 123
Banking institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A.
Dairies: Cooperativa Mista dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda.
Automobiles: 1,114 in 2007

Main agricultural activities

Cattle raising: 75,140 head (2006)
Agriculture: cotton, rice, sugarcane (1,125 hectares), oranges, corn (4,000 hectares), soybeans (7,000 hectares), and tomatoes.^[3]
Number of farms: 562
Agricultural area: 83,013
Planted area: 19,300
Area in natural pasture: 45,292
Workers in agriculture: 1,800

Education and health

Literacy rate: 85.5% (2000)
Infant mortality rate: 25.29 in 1,000 live births (2000)
Schools: 13 (2006)
Students: 3,428
Hospitals: 3 (02/2007)
Walk-in clinics: 1

History

The town began with the construction of the highway between Goiânia and Cuiabá, Mato Grosso in 1958. First came a restaurant, a "churrascaria" (steakhouse), and then other people began to arrive. There was no donation of lands; the landowners created the lots themselves. The town name comes from a coconut tree, the indaiá, which grows nearby. Indiara belonged to three municipalities: Edéia, Jandaia, and Palmeira de Goiás and was dismembered to create a district and a municipality in 1983.

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Data are from 2000. For the complete list see Frigoletto Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ Statistics are from Sepin Archived January 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

[1] IBGE 2020

[2] Data are from 2000. For the complete list see Frigoletto Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Statistics are from Sepin Archived January 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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