Cromínia
Cromínia is a small town and municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.
- Population: 3,867 (2000) [1]
- Total area: 371.1 km²
- Population density: 10.42 inhab/km²
- Elevation: 694 meters
- Became a municipality: 1953.
Cromínia is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion, which includes the cities in the Meia Ponte River basin. It is approximately 87 kilometers south of the state capital, Goiânia and is 17 kilometers west of the important BR-153 highway, which links Goiânia to Minas Gerais.
Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-153 / Aparecida de Goiânia / Professor Jamil / GO-217. For the complete list of all distances in Goiás see [2] Neighboring municipalities are:
- north: Aragoiânia
- east: Professor Jamil
- west and south: Mairipotaba
The exploration of chrome gave the city its name and cattle raising and agriculture have taken over form mining. Of the 236 rural proprietors 70% raise cattle and the others plant rice and corn.
The town began in 1940 when three landowners give land to install a town which would be called Planura Verde. The settlement began to grow around a football field where locals came on Sunday to watch the games and pray at the foot of a cross. Soon the first houses were built. In 1943 the Arraial was elevated to the category of district of Piracanjuba. It received the name "Cromínia" due to the great quantity of chrome in the region. In 1954 the district became a municipality.
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
- Life expectancy: 71.3
- Adult literacy rate: 0.842
- School attendance rate: 0.885
- MHDI: 0.769
- State ranking: 40 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 1,347 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
Data are from 2000
For the complete list see [3]