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Caturaí

Field	Value
official_name	Caturaí
settlement_type	Municipality
image_shield	Brasão de Caturaí.png
image_flag	Bandeira de Caturaí.png
image_map	Goias Municip Caturai.svg
map_caption	Location in Goiás state
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Brazil
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central-West
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Goiás
subdivision_type3	Mesoregion
subdivision_type4	Microregion
subdivision_name4	Anápolis Microregion
subdivision_type5	Metrop. region
leader_title	Mayor
elevation_m	763
area_total_km2	206.0
population_total	5,101
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	HDI
timezone1	BRT
utc_offset1	−3
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	75430-000
area_code_type	Area code

Caturaí is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

Caturaí is 32 kilometers north of Goiânia and belongs to the Anápolis Microregion. It is connected to the state capital by highway GO-070. Neighboring municipalities are: Inhumas, Goiânia, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Araçu, Avelinópolis, and Trindade.

Geography

The climate is tropical with minimum temperatures of 17 °C and maximums of 27 °C. The terrain is flat and is bathed by the Rio Peixe, which has its source in the municipality of Inhumas, and the Rio Anicuns, which forms the boundary with Avelinópolis. The vegetation, characterised by cerrado is rich in forest and fertile lands.

Demographics

Population density: 21.61 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
Population growth rate: 0.79% 1996/2007
Population in 2007: 4,477 (3,899 in 1980)
Urban population in 2007: 3,341 (1,553 in 1980)
Rural population in 2007: 1,136 (2,346 in 1980)

Economy

The main economic activity is cattle raising, but there are also plantations of beans, soybeans, corn, and peanuts.

Industrial establishments: 12 (June 2007)
Retail commerce establishments: 22 (August 2007)
Banking establishments: none (August 2007)

Agricultural data 2006

Farms: 325
Total area: 14,359 ha.
Area of permanent crops: 217 ha.
Area of perennial crops: 1,848 ha.
Area of natural pasture: 10,147 ha.
Area of woodland and forests: 1,863 ha.
Persons dependent on farming: 1,060
Farms with tractors: 58
Number of tractors: 75
Cattle herd: 22,500 head IBGE

Health and education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 21.15. There were 03 public health clinics (SUS) in 2003. The literacy rate in 2000 was 83.2. There were 03 primary schools in 2006, with 23 classrooms, 48 teachers, and 1,482 students. Caturaí had a score of 0.728 on the Municipal Human Development Index, ranking it 152 (out of 242 municipalities) in the state and 2,471 (out of 5,507 municipalities) in the country.

History

The town of Caturaí was founded in 1940 by members of the Spiritualist religion near the river called Rio do Peixe in the municipality of Inhumas. A church, Centro Espírita Santo Antônia de Pádua, was built and it soon attracted more settlers who came seeking miraculous cures. The first name of the town was Santo Antônio de Pádua. Soon there were around 600 inhabitants. In 1958 it was elevated to municipal status.

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/caturai/panorama IBGE 2020]

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