São João da Paraúna is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. Location São João is located west of Goiânia, 36 km. north of Paraúna. Highway connections from Goiânia: state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, Firminópolis, and then GO-164 for 32 kilometers south. Neighboring municipalities: Aurilândia, Paraúna, Palminópolis, Jandaia, Acreúna.(Firminopolis),(São Luis dos Montes Belos) Political information Mayor: Claudivino Ferreira da Silva (January 2005) City council: 09 members Eligible voters: 1,687 (December/2007) Demographic information Population density: 5.56 inhabitants/km2 (2007) Urban population: 1,212 (2007) Rural population: 487 (2007) Population growth: a gain of about 300 people since 1980 Economic information The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. Industrial units: 1 (2007) Commercial units: 17 (2007) Dairy: Laticínios MB Ltda (22/05/2006) Motor vehicles: 200 (2007), which gave a ratio of 8.5 inhabitants for each motor vehicle. (motorcycles and motorbikes not counted) Cattle herd: 30,500 head (5,190 milk cows) (2006) Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, beans, manioc, corn (1,340 hectares), and soybeans (2,900 hectares). Data are from Sepin Education (2006) Schools: 2 Students: 453 Higher education: none Adult literacy rate: 87.1% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) Health (2003) Hospitals: 0 Hospital beds: 0 Ambulatory clinics: 2 Infant mortality rate: 13.70 (2000) (national average was 33.0) Municipal Human Development Index Life expectancy: 73.5 School attendance rate: 0.837 MHDI: 0.779 State ranking: 34 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) National ranking: 1,093 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) Data are from 2000 For the complete list see Frigoletto.com See also List of municipalities in Goiás References Frigoletto Municipalities in Goiás