Jesúpolis is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The name literally means “City of Jesus”.
The economy is based on modest commerce, public employment, cattle raising, and agriculture. The cattle herd had 12,000 head in 2006 while the main agricultural products were rice, corn, manioc, and a modest production of bananas.
Jesúpolis ranked 0.721 on the Municipal Human Development Index, placing it 170 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)in the state and 2,606 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) in the country. All data are from 2000. For the complete list see Frigoletto
Neighboring municipalities: Jaraguá, São Francisco de Goiás, Petrolina de Goiás, and Santa Rosa de Goiás.
There were 2 schools in activity with 645 students. The literacy rate was 82.6% in 2000. In the health sector there were no hospitals and 1 walk-in health clinic (2005). The infant mortality rate was 27.68 (in 1,000 live births)
Source: Wikipedia — Jesúpolis
