Americano do Brasil

Americano do Brasil is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.
*Population: 4,978 (2005 estimate)
*Total area: 134.0 km²
*Elevation: The elevation of the town was 890 meters
*Became a city: 1980.
*Postal code: 76165-000

Americano do Brasil is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which is northwest of the state capital, Goiânia. It is 37 kilometers southwest of Itaberaí and 113 kilometers northwest of Goiânia.

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-060 / Trindade / GO-326 / Anicuns / GO-156. [1]

Neighboring municipalities are:
*north and west: Mossâmedes
*south: Anicuns
*east: Itaberaí and Itauçu

Demographic and Political Data
*Population density: 37.10 inhab/km² (2003)
*Population growth rate 1991/2000: 0.16.%
*Population in 1980: N/A
*Population in 1991: 4,861
*Urban population: 3,891 (2003)
*Rural population: 1,064 (2003)
*Number of households: 1,500
*Eligible voters: 3,973 (09/2004)
*City council in 2005: mayor (Ironi Gomes Machado), vice-mayor (Maria Sueli da Silva Rosa Queiroz), and 09 councilmembers

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising (19,054 head in 2003) and agriculture, especially corn, sugarcane, rice, and bananas.
*bananas: 80 hectares
*rice: 300 hectares
*sugarcane: 1,890 hectares
*manioc: 430 hectares
*corn: 900 hectaresSource: [2]
*Gross Domestic Product: 18.15 million Reais, which was 0.06% of the state GDP of 31.298 in 2002.
*GDP per capita: 3,664 Reais, which was lower than the state GDP per capita of 5,921 Reais in 2002. For information on the municipalities in Goiás see Portal Sepin

The major entrepreneurial activities employing workers were: 9 units of transformation employing 19 workers and 68 units of commerce employing 139 workers.

Registered Motor Vehicles
*automobiles: 275
*trucks: 22
*pickups: 18
*motorcycles: 161Source: [3] 2004

Health and Education
*Infant mortality rate in 2000: 24.88
*Health establishments: 02
*Hospital beds: 24
*Doctors / Nurses / Dentists: 02 / 0 / 0 Source: [4] 2002
*Literacy rate in 2000: 83.2
*Primary schools / enrollment / teachers: 03 / 1046 / 53
*Secondary schoos / enrollment / teachers: 01 / 264 / 17Source: [5] 2004

Households and Income (2000)
*Number of households: 1,520
*Households with no income: 52
*Households earning less than one minimum salary: 726
*Households earning between 01 and 02 minimum salaries: 393
*Households earning between 02 and 03 minimum salaries: 128
*Households earning between 03 and 05 minimum salaries: 109
*Households earning between 05 and 10 minimum salaries: 70
*Households earning more than 10 minimum salaries: 42

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.

Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
*Life expectancy: 68.6
*Adult literacy rate: 0.813
*School attendance rate: 0.799
*MHDI: 0.732
*State ranking: 138 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,384 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

All data are from 2000

External links

* Diario da Manhã
* IBGE
* Seplan
* Frigoletto
* City Brazil