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Damianópolis
Damianópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,597 (2007) in a total area of 415.3 km2. Location Damianópolis is located to the east of the important BR-020 highway and west of the border with the state of Bahia. Connections with this highway are made by paved road by way of Mambaí. The distance to Goiânia is 528 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / Alvorada do Norte / GO-236 / Buritinópolis / Mambaí / GO-108. Municipal boundaries are with: *north: Buritinópolis and Mambaí *west: Alvorada do Norte *south: Sítio d'Abadia Demographics *Population density: 8.44 inhabitants/km2 (2007) *Total population in 1980: 3,528 *Total population in 2007: 3,507 *Urban population: 1,846 *Rural population: 1,661 *Population growth: -0.08% 1996/2007 Economy The economy is based on cattle raising (24,400 head in 2006) and agriculture, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. Ordered by regions Ordered by population List of municipalities in Goiás by population, in descending order, based on estimates from IBGE for 1 July 2005. More than 500,000 inhabitants More than 100,000 inhabitants More than 50,000 inhabitants More than 25,000 inhabitants More than 10,000 inhabitants More than 5,000 inhabitants Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants Ordered by area and population This is a list of municipalities in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Population figures are estimates from 2005. Area figures are from 2002. See also *Geography of Brazil *List of cities in Brazil Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in Urban area, urban and Metropolitan area, metropolitan areas. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sítio D'Abadia
Sítio d'Abadia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Sítio d'Abadia is located in a corner of eastern Goiás, 14 kilometers north of the border with Minas Gerais. It is about 30 kilometers west of the border with Bahia. It is one of the most isolated towns in the state of Goiás, and can be accessed only by paved highway by driving north to Damianópolis. It belongs to the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region. The distance to Goiânia is 561 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / GO-112 Alvorada do Norte / Vila Capão / GO-236 / Buritinópolis / Mambaí / GO-108 / Damianópolis. Municipal boundaries are with: *north: Alvorada do Norte and Damianópolis *west: Flores de Goiás *south: Minas Gerais *east: Bahia Demographics *Population density: 2.03 inhabitants/km2 (2007) *Urban/Rural population: 1,034/2,217 *Population growth rate 1996/2007: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buritinópolis
Buritinópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the poorest municipality in the state. Location Buritinópolis is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region in the area near Simolândia and Alvorada do Norte. It is close to the important BR-020 highway, which connects Brasília with Salvador. Neighboring municipalities are Posse, Simolândia, Alvorada do Norte, Mambaí, and Damianópolis. The distance to Goiânia is 466 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / Alexânia / BR-060 / Planaltina / Formosa / BR-020 / Simolândia / GO-236. Demographics *Geometric Growth Rate 1996/2007: 0.17% *Population density: 12.84 inhabitants/km2 *Urban population: 1,842 *Rural population: 1,600 Sepin Economy The main economic activities are cattle raising for meat and farming, especi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvorada Do Norte
Alvorada do Norte is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is an important commercial center on the Brasília-Salvador highway. Location Alvorada do Norte is part of the Vão do Paranã Microregion. Neighboring municipalities are Iaciara, Posse, Simolândia, Buritinópolis, Sítio d'Abadia, Damianópolis, and Flores de Goiás. The distance to Goiânia is 457 km. and highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / BR-020. Brasília is 250 km. away. History The town of Alvorada do Norte appeared in 1958, created by the authorities of the town of Sítio d'Abadia. They knew that the valley of the Paranã River would be the future route of the new federal highway BR-020 and that it would link the Brazilian Northeast to the new capital of Brasília, so they founded a new town on the edge of the future highway. A curious fact is that Hermeliano Alves de Brito, who had been mayor of Sítio D’Abad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mambaí
Mambaí is a city in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the easternmost city in that state. History The settlement began in the 19th century when settlers from the state of Bahia came looking for rubber produced by the mangabeira tree. The village that appeared took the name Riachão. After the building of a chapel and the passing of muleteers heading to Bahia the settlement began to grow. Soon the name was changed to Mambaí and it became a district of the municipality of Posse, Goiás, Posse. The origin of the name is unknown. In 1958 it was dismembered from Posse and became an autonomous municipality. Geography Mambaí is one of the most isolated cities in the state of Goiás. It lies in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region less than 20 kilometers from the border with the state of Bahia. It is 61 kilometers to the main interstate highway, the BR-020, which links Brasília to Salvador, Brazil, Salvador. It is 250 kilometers to Brasília. The distance to the state ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Brazil
The municipalities of Brazil ( pt, municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the states of Brazil, Brazilian states. Brazil currently has 5,570 municipalities, which, given the 2019 population estimate of 210,147,125, makes an average municipality population of 37,728 inhabitants. The average state in Brazil has 214 municipalities. Roraima is the least subdivided state, with 15 municipalities, while Minas Gerais is the most subdivided state, with 853. The Federal District (Brazil), Federal District cannot be divided into Municipality, municipalities, which is why its territory is composed of several Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil), administrative regions. These regions are directly managed by the government of the Federal District, which exercises constitutional and legal powers that are equivalent to those of the Federated state, states, as well as those of the Municipality, municipalities, thus simultaneously assuming all the obligations a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador (formerly known as "Cidade do São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos", literally "City of the Saint Savior of the Bay of All the Saints"), on a Spit (landform), spit of land separating the Bay of All Saints from the Atlantic. Once a monarchial stronghold dominated by Agriculture in Brazil, agricultural, Slavery in Brazil, slaving, and ranching interests, Bahia is now a predominantly Working class, working-class industrial and agricultural state. The state is home to 7% of the Brazilian population and produces 4.2% of the country's GDP. Name The name of the state derives from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Boa, Goiás
Vila Boa is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Vila Boa is located on the extreme northeast limit of the Entorno do Distrito Federal microregion. The nearest major population center is Formosa, which is 95 km. to the southeast. It forms boundaries with: *west and south: Formosa *east and north: Flores de Goiás The distance to state capital, Goiânia, is 365 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Sobradinho / BR-020 / BR-030 / Formosa / BR-020 / Distrito Bezerra (district of Formosa). For the complete list of distances seDistâncias Rodoviárias History Vila Boa was once a district (1988) of Formosa, and for years was just a small village with a gas station and a few houses on the main road to Salvador. It is 95 kilometres northeast of Formosa. It has grown rapidly with the arrival of farmers from the south of the country in search of inexpensive land to plant soybeans and raise cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formosa, Goiás
Formosa is a municipality located in the state of Goiás, Brazil, approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Brasília. The population was 123,684 (estimation 2020) in a total area of 5,813.637 km2. Formosa is known for its waterfalls and natural environment. It is a large producer of cattle and grains and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the state. History Arraial dos Couros was the first name of Formosa, which was founded in the second half of the eighteenth century on an uncertain date. For lack of documentation the early history is fragmented and historians can only speculate about the real facts. What is known is that problems connected to the area of health were the motive for the transfer of the old settlement which was founded and built by black slaves, located on the banks of the Itiquira River and the Paranã in the tropical Paranã valley. At the time a devastating fever swept the place, probably caused by the unhealthy climate of the river location, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planaltina, Goiás
Planaltina is a city located in the Metropolitan Region of Brasilia, center of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Planaltina is often referred to as Planaltina de Goiás, but in official documents it is called Planaltina. Location and Geography Planaltina is part of micro-region 12 of the state, the so-called Entorno do Distrito Federal. It borders Água Fria de Goiás, Formosa, Mimoso de Goiás, Padre Bernardo and, the Distrito Federal. It is located on the northeastern boundary of the Federal District north of the satellite city of Planaltina, DF. It is 273 kilometers from the state capital Goiânia and . from Central Zone ( Plano Piloto). Planaltina is the gateway to an enormous area of ecological preservation, in which can be found the important Chapada dos Veadeiros national park. Nearby is Lagoa Formosa, which, with its 17 square kilometers of surface area, is the largest natural lake in the state of Goiás. Also nearby is the source of the Maranhão River, which flows n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexânia
Alexânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Alexânia is known for its alleged extraterrestrial sightings in the late sixties and early seventies. The Areias River passes through the municipality. Location It is located on the main Brasília–Goiânia highway, GO-060, which has been recently widened to four lanes. The distance to Brasília is 130 km and 118 km to Goiânia. It is part of the Entorno do Distrito Federal statistical micro-region. Municipal boundaries are with: *North: Corumbá de Goiás *South: Abadiânia *East: Santo Antônio do Descoberto *West: Corumbá de Goiás and Abadiânia Districts, Villages, and Hamlets *Villages: Alvorada, Olhos d’Água and Estiva. *Hamlet: Serra do Ouro. Economy The city relies on agriculture and livestock raising, with ranches producing both meat and dairy cattle. There is a substantial poultry industry with 755,000 birds counted in 2006. There is also an intense commercial activity because of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
