Cidade Ocidental

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Cidade Ocidental
State	Goiás
Area:	389.8 km²
Population:	47,499 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	952 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	72880-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	Entorno de Brasília
Became a city:	1993
Distance to Goiânia:	203 km.
Website:	none

Cidade Ocidental is a small city and municipality located in central Goiás state, Brazil.

1 Location
2 Economy
3 Education and health
4 Human Development Index
5 External links
6 See also

[edit] Location

It is bordered on the north by the Federal District, on the south by Luziânia, on the east by Cristalina and Luziânia, and on the west by Luziânia and Valparaíso de Goiás.

The municipality has a tropical with altitude climate with temperature variations between 18 °C and 28 °C. The vegetation is typical of the cerrado with short and twisted trees, with some pockets of tropical tree growth. The main rivers are the São Bartolomeu, Saia Velha and Mesquita.

Cidade Ocidental is the case of a community formed by the need to give inexpensive housing to the lower and lower-middle sectors in the Federal District. With no more housing available inside the District new communities have sprung up in neighboring Goiás. The city, with poor infrastructure and serious budgetary problems, makes up an urban sprawl extending for more than 40 km. from Luziânia to the limit of the Federal District, where rules for construction are more rigid. A neighboring city created under the same conditions is Valparaíso de Goiás.

Demographic and political data

Population growth rate 1996/2000: 5.06%
Urban population in 2003: 37,484
Rural population in 2003: 6,395
Eligible voters in 2004: 27,951
Mayor (Prefeito): Plínio Rodrigues de Araújo (January 2005)
Vice-mayor (Vice-Prefeito): Sônia de Melo Augusto
Councilmembers (Vereadores): 09

[edit] Economy

Livestock processing, services, small industries, government employment and modest agriculture are the main sources of income for the municipality. The presence of packing houses and slaughter houses has created a good number of direct and indirect jobs.

Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$108.036 million
GDP in 2002: R$84.544 million (70th in the state)
GDP per capita in 2003: R$2,405
GDP per capita in 2002: R$1,937 (the state average was R$5,921)
Industrial units: 25 (2005)
Retail units: 218 (2005)
Financial institutions: Banco Itaú S.A (2005)

In the agricultural sector there was modest production of rice, coffee, sugarcane, beans, oranges, lemons, manioc and tangerines. In 2005 production of corn was 7,200 tons on 7 km² and production of soybeans was 8,250 tons on 25 km².