Senador Canedo is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. In 2000, Senador Canedo had an approximate population of 53 thousand inhabitants, but in recent studies this population has increased to 75,000. The total area of the municipality is 200 km2 and it is crossed by two state highways, GOs 020 and 010. It is located 16 kilometers southeast of the state capital of Goiânia.
The principal activity of the city is the petrochemical complex (Petrobras, Realpetro, Petrobol, Unip, Gasbal, and Sauro) , with several related industries near the city. It is also the headquarters of major industries like Goiás Carne, Curtume Centro-Oeste, Brasil Spuma, Cicopal and several distributers of liquid gas. Other major industries with plants here are: Mittel Klasse Farmacêutica, Q Vida Produtos de Limpeza, Mold Pré Moldados, Fertilizantes Solo Nobre, Queiroz Produtos AlimentÃcios and Arpec Equipamentos Limitados.
It has a complete infrastructre in the transport sector, with a terminal for railroad cargo. Both the leather industry complex and the petrochemical complex were installed according to ecological concerns and there is a sewage treament plant. Senador Canedo is one of the cities that has the fastest growth in the state of Goiás.
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