Education and Health
There were 18 schools with 3,682 students in 2006. The adult literacy rate was 86.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%). In the health sector there was 01 hospital with 27 beds in 2007.
- Infant mortality rate: 17.56 (2000) (national average was 33.0).
- MHDI: 0.758
- State ranking: 63 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
- National ranking: 1,656 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
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