Americano do Brasil is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

Americano do Brasil is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which is northwest of the state capital, Goiânia. It is 37 kilometers southwest of Itaberaí and 113 kilometers northwest of Goiânia. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-060 / Trindade / GO-326 / Anicuns / GO-156. Sepin. Neighboring municipalities are Mossâmedes, Anicuns, Itaberaí and Itauçu.

Demographics

The economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising (19,054 head in 2003) and agriculture, especially corn, sugarcane, rice, and bananas. Area of Main crops in 2006 Farm data

Health and education

The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.88. There were 2 small hospitals with 24 beds. The literacy rate in 2000 was 83.2. In 2004 there were 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school. Source: IBGE 2004 Americano do Brasil had a score 0.732 on the Municipal Human Development Index, giving it a state ranking of 138 (out of 242 municipalities) and a national ranking of 2,384 (out of 5,507 municipalities). All data are from 2000