GUAPó

'Guapó' is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 15,199 (2005 projection) and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km² (10/10/2002).

★ Population density: 28.08 inhab/km² (2003)

★ Elevation: 707

★ Became a municipality: 1948

★ Postal code: 75350-000
Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion. Neighboring municipalities are:

★ north: Trindade

★ west: Campestre de Goiás and Varjão

★ south: Aragoiânia and Varjão

★ east: Aragoiânia and Abadia de Goiás
Guapó is approximately 41 kilometers southwest of Goiânia and is on the BR-060 highway (Goiânia to Rio Verde).
'Political data'

★ Eligible voters: 9,609 (06/09/2004)

★ Mayor: Colemar Cardoso de Queiroz (January 2005)

★ Vice-mayor: Joana Antônia Vieira da Silva (January 2005)

★ Councilmembers: 09 (January 2005)
'Demographic data'

★ Population growth rate 1991/2000: 1.82.%

★ Population in 1980: 10,028

★ Population in 1991: 11,785

★ Urban population in 2003: 9,733

★ Rural population in 2003: 4,787
The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. There are 54.900 cattle of which 6,500 are dairy cows.
The main agricultural products in 2003:

★ bananas: 0.77 km² / 493 tons

★ rice: 1.20 km² / 216 tons

★ sugarcane: 0.25 km² / 1050 tons

★ manioc: 2.00 km² / 2,800 tons

★ corn: 15.00 km² / 5,400 tons

★ soybeans: 1.95 km² / 585 tons

★ tomatoes: 0.75 km² / 6,050 tons
Source: IBGE
'Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index' (2000)

★ Life expectancy: 68.21

★ Adult literacy rate: 0.720

★ School attendance rate: 0.824

★ MHDI: 0.729

★ State ranking: 122 (out of 242 municipalities)

★ National ranking: 2,158 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
''Data are from 2000''
For the complete list see [1]
'Sources of data'

★ Diario da Manhã

★ IBGE

★ Seplan

★ Frigoletto

★ City Brazil