Indiara
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| settlement_type = Municipality
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| map_caption = Location in Goiás state
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Brazil
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Central-West
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Goiás
| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion
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| subdivision_type4 = Microregion
| subdivision_name4 = Vale do Rio dos Bois
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| elevation_m = 550
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| area_total_km2 = 956.4
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| population_total = 15,787
| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/indiara/panorama IBGE 2020]
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| postal_code = 75955-000
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Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton.
Location
Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with:
- north: Palmeiras de Goiás
- south: Edéia
- east: Cezarina
- west: Jandaia and Acreúna
Indiara is 102 kilometers (southwest) from the state capital, Goiânia and is on the edge of highway BR-060
Political data
- Eligible voters: 9,310 (12/2007)
- Mayor: José Vilmar da Fonseca (January 2005)
- Vice-mayor: Antônio Telesforo de Almeida
- Councilmembers: 9
Demographic data
- Population density: 13.28 inhabitants/km2 (2007)
- Population growth rate 2000/2007: 1.04%
- Urban population in 2007: 10,408
- Rural population in 2007: 2,295
=Ranking on the municipal Human Development Index, 2000=
- Municipal Human Development Index MHDI: 0.731
- State ranking: 143 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 2,414 (out of 5,507 municipalities)Data are from 2000. For the complete list see [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519192034/http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm |date=2006-05-19 }}
Economy
The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. There are plantations of corn, rice, and soybeans. There are several small industries producing furniture, lumber, and clothes.
=Economic data for 2007=
- Industrial units: 20
- Retail commercial units: 123
- Banking institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A.
- Dairies: Cooperativa Mista dos Prod. de Leite de Morrinhos Ltda.
- Automobiles: 1,114 in 2007
=Main agricultural activities=
- Cattle raising: 75,140 head (2006)
- Agriculture: cotton, rice, sugarcane (1,125 hectares), oranges, corn (4,000 hectares), soybeans (7,000 hectares), and tomatoes.Statistics are from [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ Sepin] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115162332/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ |date=January 15, 2007 }}.
- Number of farms: 562
- Agricultural area: 83,013
- Planted area: 19,300
- Area in natural pasture: 45,292
- Workers in agriculture: 1,800
Education and health
- Literacy rate: 85.5% (2000)
- Infant mortality rate: 25.29 in 1,000 live births (2000)
- Schools: 13 (2006)
- Students: 3,428
- Hospitals: 3 (02/2007)
- Walk-in clinics: 1
History
The town began with the construction of the highway between Goiânia and Cuiabá, Mato Grosso in 1958. First came a restaurant, a "churrascaria" (steakhouse), and then other people began to arrive. There was no donation of lands; the landowners created the lots themselves. The town name comes from a coconut tree, the indaiá, which grows nearby. Indiara belonged to three municipalities: Edéia, Jandaia, and Palmeira de Goiás and was dismembered to create a district and a municipality in 1983.