Municipality in Central-West, Brazil
Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil . Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.
Location [ edit ]
Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:
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 [ edit ]
Eligible voters: 9,310 (12/2007)
Mayor: José Vilmar da Fonseca (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Antônio Telesforo de Almeida
Councilmembers: 9
Demographic data [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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.
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Mesoregion Centro Goiano
Anapolis Anicuns Ceres Goiania Ipora
Mesoregion Leste Goiano
Entorno do Distrito Federal Vão do Paranã
Mesoregion Noroeste Goiano
Aragarcas Rio Vermelho Sao Miguel do Araguaia
Mesoregion Norte Goiano
Chapada dos Veadeiros Porangatu
Mesoregion Sul Goiano
Catalao Meia Ponte Pires do Rio Quirinopolis Sudoeste de Goias Vale do Rio dos Bois