Campo Alegre de Goiás 4139354 213407004 2008-05-19T05:04:58Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[ru:Кампу-Алегри-ди-Гояс]] {| class="infobox bordered" style="width: 250px; font-size: 95%; float: right;" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFDEAD" | Campo Alegre de Goiás |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | [[States of Brazil | State]] || [[Goiás]] |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Coordinates: || {{coord|17|38|20|S|47|46|55|W|}} |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Area: || 2.463.0 km² |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Population: || 5,767 ''(IBGE 2007)'' |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Elevation: || 877m above sea level |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Postcode (CEP): || 75795-000 |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | IBGE statistical microregion: || 017 [[Catalão Microregion| Catalão]] |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | valign="top" | Became a city: || 1953 |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Mayor: || José Lourenço Peixoto (2005-2009) |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | valign="top" | Distance to [[Goiânia]]: || 255 km. |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Website: || none |----- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" |} [[Image:Goias Municip CampoAlegredeGoias.svg|thumb|right|245px|Campo Alegre de Goiás is 255 kilometres from the state capital of [[Goiânia]]]] '''Campo Alegre de Goiás''' is a small [[town]] and [[municipality]] in southeastern [[Goiás state]], [[Brazil]]. It is the largest producer of coffee in the state and an important producer of soybeans, corn, and wheat. ===Geography=== Campo Alegre is located in the statistical micro-region of [[Catalão Microregion | Catalão]]. It is 326 km. from the state capital, [[Goiânia]] and is connected by BR-352 / [[Bela Vista de Goiás]] / [[Cristianópolis]] / GO-020 / [[Pires do Rio]] / GO-330 / [[Ipameri]] / [[Catalão]] / BR-050. It has boundaries with [[Catalão]] (south), [[Ipameri]] (north and east), and [[Paracatu]] (east). Three rivers cross the municipality: Rio Veríssimo, Rio São Marcos and Rio Pirapitinga. ===History=== Campo Alegre de Goiás began as a stopping point in 1833 for the muleteers crossing the different routes in the province of Goiás. The first name was Calaça. It became a district of [[Ipameri]] in 1907. In 1944 the name was changed to Rudá, which means God of love in the local indigenous language. Later the name was changed back to Campo Alegre de Goiás when the town was dismembered from Ipameri and made a municipality. ===Demographic and political data=== *Population density in 2007: 2,34 inhab/km² *Population growth rate 2000/2007: 3.52.% *Urban population in 2007: 4,160 *Rural population in 2007: 1,607 *Eligible voters in 2007: 3,966 *City government in 2005: mayor (José Lourenço Peixoto), vice-mayor (Luiz Manteiga Alvares de Campos), and 09 councilmembers ===Economy=== The economy is based on agriculture, with important plantations of coffee, soybeans, wheat, corn, and cattle raising. There are also extensive plantations of [[eucalyptus]], which is used to make charcoal and transported to the metallurgy industries of the [[Belo Horizonte]] industrial belt. ===Economic data=== *Industrial establishments in 2007: 15 *Retail establishments in 2007: 93 *Financial institutions in 2007: Banco Itaú, Banco do Brasil *Cattle: 68,500 *Main crops: In 2006 the main crops were cotton (2,800 hectares), garlic, rice, potatoes, coffee, beans (2,500 hectares), and soybeans (57,000 hectares). There were 339 farms with a total area of 232,672 ha., of which 105,419 ha. were pasture, 3,870 ha. were permanent crops, 70,157 were perennial crops, and 49,330 ha. were woodland. There were 1,250 persons dependent on agriculture. There were 331 tractors and 105 farms had tractors. ===Health and Education=== *Infant mortality rate in 2000: 14.32 *Public health clinics in 2007: 03 *Hospitals in 2007: 01 with 6 beds *Literacy rate in 2000: 89.4 *Schools in 2006: 10 with 1,662 students *Higher education: none in 2005 Campo Alegre is a prosperous town and has a relatively high standard of living. On the United Nations [[Human Development Index]] Campo Alegre had a rating of 0.802,which ranked it 9 out of a total of 242 municipalities in the state of [[Goiás]]. Nationally it was ranked 532 out of 5,507 municipalities. (All data are from 2000.) For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto] ===References=== *[http://www.ibge.gov.br/ IBGE] *[http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/ Seplan] *[http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto] ===See also=== *[[List of municipalities in Goiás]] *[[Microregions of Goiás]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Goiás State]] [[de:Campo Alegre de Goiás]] [[bpy:কাম্পো আলেগ্রে ডে গোয়াস]] [[it:Campo Alegre de Goiás]] [[no:Campo Alegre de Goiás]] [[pt:Campo Alegre de Goiás]] [[ro:Campo Alegre de Goiás]] [[ru:Кампу-Алегри-ди-Гояс]] [[vo:Campo Alegre de Goiás]]