Porteirão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway (27 km.) with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with Itumbiara.
Mayor: Pedro Augusto dos Reis (January 2005 to January 2009)
Demographics
Population density: 4.98 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
Urban population: 2,726(2007)
Rural population: 282 (2007)
Population growth or loss: 0.91% from 2000/2007
The economy
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Industrial units: 2 (2006)
Commercial units: 45 (2006)
Cattle herd: 24,280 head (2006)
Main crops (2006): cotton, rice, sugarcane (13,000 hectares), beans, soybeans (18,000 hectares), sorghum, and corn.
People employed in agriculture: 1,670
Number of farming establishments: 43
Area of the farming establishments: 27,367 ha.
Area in planted crops: 17,500 ha.
Farming establishments with tractors: 14
Education (2006)
Schools: 2 with 821 students
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 80.4% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
Health (2007)
Hospitals: 0
Hospital beds: 0
Ambulatory clinics: 1
Infant mortality rate: 27.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).
Qualtity of Life
The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations Human Development Index (2000), ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás. For the complete list see Frigoletto.com