inhabitants per motor vehicle: 5 Cattle herd: 85,500 head (2006) Poultry: 1,710,500 head (2004) Main crops (2005): pineapple, rice, coffee, beans, manioc, soybeans (5,200 hectares), and corn. Agricultural data 2006 Number of farms: 618 Total area: 78,530 ha. Area of permanent crops: 33 ha. Area of perennial crops: 4,178 ha. Area of natural pasture: 50,542 ha. Area of woodland and forests: 22,525 ha. Persons dependent on farming: 1,700 Farms with tractors: 117 Number of tractors: 182 Cattle herd: 85,500 head IBGE Education (2006) Schools: 28 Classrooms: 184 Teachers: 364 Students: 7,562 Higher education: Campus of the State University of Goiás - Faculdade do Sudoeste Goiano- FASUG Adult literacy rate: 91.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) Health (2009) Hospitals: 1 Hospital beds: 126 Ambulatory clinics: 5 Infant mortality rate: 24.45 (2000) (national average was 33.0). Tourism The main attraction of the town is the natural environment of the Cachoeira (Waterfall) do Maratá. It has 70 meters of free fall and is visited for skydiving, camping, and swimming activities. Another tourist point is the old Usina do Salto, an abandoned hydroelectric plant built in 1930. It attracts tourists for camping, kayaking, and innertube floating. In the town there is a railroad museum, which has several objects from the days when Pires do Rio was on the railroad line. Municipal Human Development Index MHDI: 0.785 State ranking: 21 (out of 242 municipalities) National ranking: 943 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list see Frigoletto.com See also List of municipalities in Goiás Microregions of Goiás References Frigoletto Sepin External links Municipal government Pires do Rio Online Municipalities in Goiás