Padre Bernardo


Padre Bernardo is a municipality located in the state of Goiás, Brazil.

Location

Padre Bernardo is located 42 km north of the boundary with the Federal District. It has boundaries with the following municipalities:
The main economic activities are cattle raising and growing of corn and soybeans. Local commerce, with restaurants, bars, clothing and shoe shops, banks, supermarkets, among others, supply the basic necessities of the population. There are small industries of brick making, milk produces and clothing manufacturing. The largest employer in the town was the government. There were 02 bank branches in August 2007.
In 2006 there were 137,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, beans, coconuts, oranges, lemons, manioc, corn, and soybeans.
Agricultural data 2006
In 2006 there were 26 schools with 8,495 students enrolled. The literacy rate was 82.6% in 2000. In 2007 there was 01 hospital with 27 beds. The infant mortality rate was 30.06% in 2000. The Municipal Human Development Index rating was 0.705 in 2000.