# Pontalina > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pontalina > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pontalina.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontalina > Source revision: 1344347700 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Pontalina** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Brazil) in south-central [Goiás](/source/Goi%C3%A1s) state, [Brazil](/source/Brazil). One hundred and twenty-five kilometers from the state capital, [Goiânia](/source/Goi%C3%A2nia), it has become one of the most important retail clusters of lingerie in the state: Every year thousand of people flock to the city to buy its production of fine lingerie in order to sell it within Goiás, in other states, and even abroad.[citation needed] ## Geography and climate Pontalina is connected by highways [BR-153](/source/BR-153) and GO-19. Another way to reach it by car is through the newly renovated GO-040 road that connects it to Aparecida de Goiânia (in the metropolitan area of the capital, Goiânia). Neighboring municipalities are [Mairipotaba](/source/Mairipotaba), [Piracanjuba](/source/Piracanjuba), [Morrinhos](/source/Morrinhos,_Goi%C3%A1s), [Aloândia](/source/Alo%C3%A2ndia), [Joviânia](/source/Jovi%C3%A2nia), [Vicentinópolis](/source/Vicentin%C3%B3polis), [Edéia](/source/Ed%C3%A9ia), [Edealina](/source/Edealina) and [Cezarina](/source/Cezarina).[2] The climate is hot in summer and mild in winter, with an average annual temperature of 25 °C. The fauna is represented by [jacaré](/source/Yacare_caiman), catitus, [paca](/source/Paca), [deer](/source/Deer), and [capibara](/source/Capibara), whose preferred habitat is the [Rio dos Bois](/source/Rio_dos_Bois). The flora has suffered with deforestation but there are still stands of [jatobá](/source/Hymenaea_courbaril), [angico](/source/Angico), [aroeira](/source/Aroeira), [ip��](/source/Ip%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD) and [peroba rosa](/source/Peroba_rosa) (*[Aspidosperma](/source/Aspidosperma)*—see [Peroba rosa](http://tropicalhardwoods.com/htm/tropical_hardwoods/peroba_rosa.htm)) ## History The origins of the town go back to the nineteenth century when cattle ranchers established themselves in the region. In 1938 what was once a district of [Morrinhos](/source/Morrinhos,_Goi%C3%A1s) became a city named *Pontalina*, derived from the proximity of the Rio dos Bois and the [Meia Ponte River](/source/Meia_Ponte_River). ## Government Pontalina's current mayor is Edson Guimaraes de Faria.[3] In 2009 its city council had nine members. ## Demographics As of 2007, its urban population numbered 13,216 people, its rural population, 3,010. Its population density was 11.36 inhabitants per square kilometer, and between 2000 and 2007 it experienced a population loss of 0.29 percent. ## Economy Pontalina's economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There is a large production of milk. - Industrial units: 40 (2007) - Commercial units: 191 (2007) - Bank agencies: [Banco do Brasil](/source/Banco_do_Brasil) - [Banco Bradesco](/source/Banco_Bradesco) - [Banco Itaú](/source/Banco_Ita%C3%BA) (June 2007) - Dairy: [Parmalat Brasil](/source/Parmalat) - Indústria de Alimentos (22/05/2006) - Cattle herd: 119,656 heads (2006) - Dairy cows: 22,440 (2006) - Main crops (2006): pumpkin, rice, banana, beans, watermelon, soybeans (16,850 hectares), tomatoes, wheat, and corn (1,150 hectares). ## Education In 2006, Pontalina had 15 schools with a total enrollment of 4,283. There were 732 students in its middle and secondary schools. There is no higher education institution in the municipality, and its [literacy rate](/source/Literacy_rate) among adults in 2000 was 86.2% (compared to the national average of 86.4%). ## Health In 2007, the municipality had two hospitals and nine ambulatory clinics with a total 52 hospital beds. Its infant mortality rate was 14.22 in 2000, compared to the national average of 33.0. ## Quality of life index In the 2000 [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) [Human Development Index](/source/Human_Development_Index), Pontalina had a rating of 0.805, which ranked it in 8th place out of a total of 242 municipalities in the state of [Goiás](/source/Goi%C3%A1s). Nationally it was ranked 467 out of 5,507 municipalities. For the complete list see [Frigoletto](http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm) ## See also - [List of municipalities in Goiás](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Goi%C3%A1s) ## External links [Official municipality website](https://pontalina.go.gov.br/2021/) ## References 1. [IBGE 2020](https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/pontalina/panorama) 1. ["Pontalina City Hall - GO > City"](https://pontalina.go.gov.br/2021/cidade/). *pontalina.go.gov.br* 1. ["Pontalina City Hall - GO > Government and Secretaries > Mayor"](https://pontalina.go.gov.br/2021/secretarias/). *pontalina.go.gov.br* - [Sepin](https://web.archive.org/web/20090205080546/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pontalina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontalina) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontalina?action=history)). 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