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Novo Brasil is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Novo Brasil
Municipality
Location in Goiás state
Novo Brasil Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 16°02′16″S 50°42′21″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Goiás
Microregion	Iporá Microregion
Area
• Total	649.9 km2 (250.9 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	2,843
• Density	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code	76285-000

Location

Novo Brasil is located east of the capital near Iporá and São Luís de Montes Belos.

• Distance to the state capital: 200 km.
• Distance to regional center, São Luís de Montes Belos: 77 km.
• Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade/ GO-326 / Anicuns / GO-222 / Choupana / GO-326 / Sanclerlândia / Buriti de Goiás.

Neighboring municipalities: Fazenda Nova, Córrego do Ouro, Jussara, and Itapirapuã

Political Information

In January 2005 the Mayor was José Fabiano Alves de Castro. There were 9 city-council members and 3,215 eligible voters in 2007.

Demographic Information

In 2007 the population density was 5.31 inhabitants/km². There were 2,208 inhabitants in the urban area and 1,243 in the rural area. The population has declined by about 1,200 inhabitants since 1980 when it was 4,966. From 2000 to 2007 the population fell 2.7%.

Economic Information

The economy was based on services, agriculture, cattle raising, and government employment. In 2005 there were 4 industrial units and 36 retail units. There were no financial institutions. In 2007 there were 250 automobiles, 59 pickups and 410 motorcycles.

In 2006 there were 89,240 head of cattle, 27,615 head of poultry, and 4,850 head of swine. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, manioc, and corn. None exceeded 500 hectares in planted area.

• GDP (PIB) (R$1,000.00): 21,711 (2005)
• GDP per capita (R$1.00): 5,722 (2005)

Agricultural data 2006

• Farms: 493
• Total area: 35,910 ha.
• Area of permanent crops: 888 ha.
• Area of perennial crops: 124 ha.
• Area of natural pasture: 26,527 ha.
• Area of woodland and forests: 7,206 ha.
• Persons dependent on farming: 1,000
• Farms with tractors: 34
• Number of tractors: 46
• Cattle herd: 92,000 head IBGE

Health and education

In 2007 there was 1 hospital with 27 beds and 2 walk-in health clinics. In 2002 there were 4 doctors, 1 nurse, 1 dentist, and 7 auxiliary nurses. In 2000 the infant mortality rate was 35.47, higher than the national average of 33.0.

In 2006 the school system had 6 schools, 27 classrooms, 56 teachers, and 860 students. Of these, 199 were attending a middle school. In 2000 the adult literacy rate was 83.9%, below the national average of 86.4%. In 2000 there were 2,470 students so the number has dropped substantially.

• Municipal Human Development Index: 0.713
• State ranking: 193 (out of 442 municipalities)
• National ranking: 2.763 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

History

The settlement of this region began in 1949 when a group of farmers from Paraná arrived and settled between the Bocaina and Carapuça rivers. In 1953 the town achieved some prosperity and became known as Novo Brasil. In 1958 it became a district of Fazenda Nova. In the same year it was dismembered and made a municipality.

See also

• List of municipalities in Goiás
• Microregions of Goiás

References

• Frigoletto Archived 2006-05-19 at the Wayback Machine

На других языках

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- [en] Novo Brasil

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[ru] Нову-Бразил

Нову-Бразил (порт. Novo Brasil) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Гояс. Составная часть мезорегиона Центр штата Гойас. Находится в составе крупной городской агломерации . Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Ипора. Население составляет 4181 человек на 2000 год. Занимает площадь 649,954 км². Плотность населения — 5,7 чел./км².

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