Porteirão


Porteirão is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.

Geographical Information

Porteirão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion in the Rio dos Bois basin. It is connected by a state highway with the BR-452 highway, which connects Rio Verde with Itumbiara.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 178 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-040 / Aragoiânia / Cromínia / GO-319 / Pontalina / GO-040 / Aloândia / BR-452 / Bom Jesus de Goiás / GO-410. For the complete list of all distances in Goiás see
Neighboring municipalities are:
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
The municipality achieved a score of 0.724 on the United Nations Human Development Index, ranking it 162 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás. For the complete list see