title: Iporá
text: Iporá is a municipality in west-central Goiás state, Brazil.  The population is around 31,499 (2020) in a total area of 1,026.4 km² (10/10/2002). It is known as the City of the Clear Waters because of its many streams and rivers.
  
  Location
  
  Iporá is the center of the Iporá Microregion, in the Goiás West Region.  The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 225 km. and connections are made by highway GO-060  passing through / Trindade / Turvânia / Firminópolis /Nazário / São Luís dos Montes Belos Israelândia. 
  The municipal boundaries in the north are with Diorama, Jaupaci and Israelândia; in the south with Amorinópolis and Ivolândia; in the east with Moiporá and Ivolândia; and in the west with Arenópolis.
  
  Geography and climate
  There are low mountains:  Serra do Caiapó, Serra dos Pilões, Serra do Rio Claro, and Morro do Macaco, where there are deposits of nickel.
  
  The region has a tropical climate, hot and semi-moist, with two well defined seasons:  humid, from October to March, with torrential rains, corresponding to spring and summer and known as the season of the waters; and dry, from April to September, corresponding to autumn and winter, known as the dry season. The temperature varies between the average minimum of 18 °C and the average maximum of 31 °C. Annual rainfall is 1,500 milliliters.
  
  Districts, Villages, and Hamlets
  Hamlets:  Cocalândia, Cruzeirinho and Jacinópolis
  
  Political and Demographic Data
  Eligible voters: 23,813 (11/2007) 
  Mayor: Naçoitan Leite
  Vice-mayor: Maysa Cunha
  Councilmembers: 11
  Population growth rate 2000/2007: -0.11.%
  Population in 1980: 27,248       
  Population in 2007: 31,060           
  Urban population in 2007: 28,316      
  Rural population in 2007: 2,744 (Sepin)
  
  Economy
  Commerce is the main economic activity with over 458 enterprises registered (2007).  Cattle raising is also important with 92,000 head registered.  The dairy industry (16,000 milking cows) is especially vibrant with three milk companies operating in the region.  In addition there is a large poultry industry with 70,000 birds registered in 2006.  The main agricultural products were corn (1,300 hectares), manioc, rice, bananas, and soy beans (1,000 hectares).
  
  Economic Data
  Industrial units: 59 (06/2007)
  Retail units: 458 (2007)
  Banking institutions: - Banco do Brasil S.A. - BRADESCO S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF - (08/2007)
  Dairies: Laticínios Morrinhos Ind. e Com. Ltda.; - Laticínios Caetano Ltda (08/2007)
  Industrial zone: Distrito Agroindustrial - DAIPO (Jan/2005)
  GDP (PIB)(R$1,000.00):  157,759 (2005)
  
  Motor Vehicles
  Automobiles: 4,526
  Pickup trucks: 1,146
  Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 5.4
  There were 5,781 motorcycles and motorbikes in the city in 2007.
  
  Agricultural data 2006
  Farms:  1,002
  Total area:  84,199 ha.
  Area of permanent crops: 134 ha.
  Area of perennial crops: 2,051 ha.
  Area of natural pasture:  68,057 ha. 
  Area of woodland and forests:  12,073 ha. 
  Persons dependent on farming:  2,700
  Farms with tractors: 94
  Number of tractors:  120
  Cattle herd:  92,000 head IBGE
  
  Main crops in hectares 2006
  Rice: 250
  Banana: 34
  Sugarcane: 10
  Coconut: 9
  Manioc: 300
  Corn: 1,200
  Soybeans: 1,000
  Sorghum: 220
  
  Education and Health
  Literacy rate: 87.5%
  Infant mortality rate: 17.12 in 1,000 live births
  Schools: 33 (2007)
  Students: 9,145
  Higher education: UEG (Goiás University State), IFGO (Goiano Federal Institute), FAI (Iporá College). 
  Hospitals: 05 (02/2007)
  Hospital beds: 203
  
  (Sepin)
  
  Municipal Human Development Index:  0.780
  State ranking:  32 (out of 442 municipalities in 2000)
  National ranking:  1,074 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
  
  For the complete list see Frigoletto.com.br
  
  See also
  List of municipalities in Goiás
  Microregions of Goiás
  
  References
  
  Frigoletto
  
  External links
  
  Municipalities in Goiás