ACREúNA

Acreúna
State	Goiás
Area:	1,571.1 km²
Population:	20,959 ''(IBGE 2005)''
Elevation:	542m above sea level
Postal code (CEP):	75960-000
Became a city:	1976
Statistical Microregion:	Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion
Distance to Goiânia:	153 km.
Website:	not available

'Acreúna' is a small city and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. It was the largest producer of cotton in the state in 2003.

Contents

Location

History

Origin of the name

Demographic and political data

Economy

Health

Education

Households and salaries

See also

External links

Location

Acreúna is located in the Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion, southwest of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-060, (Brasília-Acre) which links Goiânia with Rio Verde. The distance to Goiânia is 153 kilometers via BR-060 / Guapó / Indiara. [1]
Municipal boundaries:

★ North: Paraúna and Jandaia

★ South: Turvelândia

★ East: Edéia and Indiara

★ West: Montividiu and Santo Antônio da Barra

History

The town appeared in 1964 in the territory of the municipality of Paraúna. It was created through the initiative of Benedicto Arystogogo de Mello, who had already founded the settlements of Riverlândia, in Rio Verde, and Vila Brasil, in Santa Helena de Goiás.
Mello negotiated with a large landowner of the region to begin selling the lots. The lands were on the banks of the Rio Verdão and near the Brasília – Acre highway, which was under construction at the time.

Origin of the name

The name of the town, Acreúna, comes from a combination of Acre, final destination of the highway which crosses the town, and Una, a tribute to Paraúna, the municipality where it had been located before becoming a separate municipality.
It became a district in 1968 and, thanks to its rapid population growth and economic development, it separated from Paraúna in 1976 to become an independent municipality.

Demographic and political data

★ Population density: 12.52 inhabitants/km² (2003)

★ Growth rate 1991/2000: 2.97.%

★ Population in 1991: 14,059

★ Population in 1980: 12,319

★ Urban population: 17,524 inhab. (2003)

★ Rural population: 2,084 inhab. (2003)

★ Eligible voters: 13,814

★ City government in 2005: mayor (João Batista Pereira), vice-mayor (Paulo Rogério Pereira), and 09 councilmembers

★ Households: 5,183 (2000)

★ Households earning less than 02 minimum salaries: 3,324 (2000)

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, with a great production of sugarcane, cotton, corn, and soybeans (see below).
Acreúna is known nationally for its production of cotton, with more than thirty producers in the region, including the mayor, Wander Carlos de Souza, owner of Algodoeira Canadá Ltda, Alcana, located in the city. He is considered the largest individual producer of cotton in Latin America.[2]
He alone employs more than three thousand people on his farms.
The cattle herd had 99,000 head in 2003.
'Gross Domestic Product'

★ R$180.1 million in 2002, which was 0.58% of the state GDP of R$31.3 billion. Portal Sepin. In 2003 the GDP had increased to R$202.0 million.
'Gross Domestic Product per capita'

★ R$9,229 in 2002, which was higher than the state GDP per capita of R$5,291. Portal Sepin. In 2003 the GDP per capita had increased to R$10,102.
'Vehicles' (2004)

★ automobiles: 1,582

★ trucks: 337

★ pickups: 208

★ motorcycles: 731
Source: [3]
The main agricultural products were:

★ pineapple: 0.20 km²

★ cotton: 170 km² / 51,000 tons--16.85% of the state production

★ rice: 4 km² / 1,000 tons

★ sugarcane: 93.43 km² /747,440 tons

★ beans: 10 km² / 2,500 tons

★ corn: 40 km² / 22,800 tons

★ soybeans: 260 km² / 70,200 tons

★ sorghum: 10 km² / 2,000 tons

★ tomatoes: 0.50 km² / 4250 tons
Source: [4]
'Main economic enterprises'

★ agriculture: 40 units employing 119 workers

★ transformation: 48 units employing 461 workers

★ commerce: 262 units employing 657 workers

★ lodging and food: 08 units employing 40 workers

★ transport and storage: 29 units employing 124 workers

★ education: 10 units employing 54 workers (IBGE 2003)
There were 3 bank branches in the town in 2004: Banco do Brasil S.A., Bradesco, Itau S.A.

Health

★ Infant mortality rate in 2000: 21.13

★ Infant mortality rate in 1990: 35.64

★ Health establishments: 07 (2002)

★ Hospital beds: 64

★ Doctors / nurses / dentists: 27 / 06 / 05

Education

★ Literacy rate in 2000: 83.2

★ Literacy rate in 1991: 77.1

★ Primary schools / enrollment / teachers: 11 / 3,980 / 61 (2004)

★ Secondary schools / enrollment / teachers: 01 / 837 / 36

★ Higher education: none reporting in 2004
Source: [5]

Households and salaries

★ Total number of households in 2000: 5,183

★ No income: 463

★ Less than one minimum salary: 1,381

★ One to two: 1480

★ Two to three: 673

★ Three to five: 510

★ Five to ten: 357

★ Ten to fifteen: 121

★ More than fifteen: 198
The minimum salary in April 2000 was R$151.00. The minimum salary of April 2006 was R$350.00, which was $167.40 US dollars on April 30, 2006
==Municipal Human Development Index==

★ Life expectancy: 70.08

★ Adult literacy rate: 0.814

★ School attendance rate: 0.907

★ MHDI: 0.763

★ State ranking: 50 (out of 242 municipalities)

★ National ranking: 1,498 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
''Data are from 2000''
For the complete list see Frigoletto.com

See also

List of municipalities in Goiás

External links

★ Diario da Manhã

★ IBGE

★ Seplan

★ Frigoletto

★ City Brazil

★ Acreuna.com

★ Rádio Liberdade FM