Caldazinha is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,848 (2020) in a total area of 312 km2.
Located 27 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, Caldazinha belongs to the Goiânia Microregion. Connections are made by GO-403 / passing through Senador Canedo.
Municipal boundaries are: north: Bonfinópolis and Leopoldo de Bulhões west: Senador Canedo south: Bela Vista de Goiás.
Demographic and political facts
(All data are from 2007 unless otherwise mentioned)
Caldazinha's population distribution is characterized by an almost equal distribution between urban and rural inhabitants. Population density: 10.13 inhabitants/km2 Population growth rate 2000/2007: 2,06.% Urban population: 1,739 Rural population: 1,418 Eligible voters: 2,532 City government: mayor (Jucelino Braz de Castro), vice-mayor (Paulo Roberto de Oliveira), and 09 councilmembers
Economy
The main economic activity of Caldazinha is cattle raising (25,300 head—5,330 milking cows). Some residents have been investing in the commercialization of paca meat, which although considered expensive, has been finding its niche in the market. There is also a small factory producing leather goods for farm use.
Other agricultural products are honey, bananas, oranges, rice, sugarcane, manioc, and corn (700 hectares). Source: IBGE
financial institutions: none
retail establishments: 16
industrial units: 06
Health
Infant mortality rate in 2000: 24.80
Hospitals: 0
Public health clinics: 01 (IBGE 2007
Education
Literacy rate in 2000: 87.8
schools: 04
classrooms: 30
teachers: 45
students: 1,017
higher education: none (IBGE 2006)
Human Development Index: 0.742
State ranking: 98 (out of 242 municipalities) National ranking: 2,090 (out of 5,507 municipalities)