Água Fria de Goiás is a

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in northern

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...

state,

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Location

Água Fria became a city in 1989 when it was dismembered from

Planaltina de Goiás Planaltina may refer to: Geography * Planaltina, Federal District, an administrative region in the Federal District, Brazil * Planaltina, Goiás, a municipality in the state of Goiás (in the metropolitan region of Brasilia), Brazil * Planaltin ...

in 1989. Água Fria is located in the microregion called Entorno do Distrito Federal, although it is almost 156 kilometers of national capital of

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. Communications are made by BR-020 to Planaltina, then north passing through

. Another road links Água Fria by way of

Mimoso de Goiás Mimoso de Goiás is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Mimoso is located in statistical microregion 012, called Entorno do Distrito Federal. It is almost directly north of Federal District and is on an unpaved highway linking Pa ...

and

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. The distance to the state capital,

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, is 342 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 /

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/ BR-060 /

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/ Planaltina (DF) / GO-430 / BR-010/GO-118 / São Gabriel (district) / GO-230. Municipal boundaries: *north:

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and

Colinas do Sul Colinas do Sul is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. Location Colinas is located in the Chapada dos Veadeiros statistical micro-region and is almost directly north of Brasília, to which it is connected by G0-327 as far as Alt ...

*east:

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*west:

*south: Planaltina

Description

Água Fria is a quiet rural town far from the urban phenomena common to the cities located near

. The urban area is made up of one main avenue, unpaved, and some cross streets. Along the avenue are the main public services which include the following: post office, telephone station, police station, town hall, health center, community center, tax office, a small library, and some small commercial shops and bars. The residences, of adobe or brick, are on the side streets, which are also unpaved. Water is furnished to the population but is untreated. The sewage system consists of individual dwellings using septic tanks. There is only one health clinic (with a non-resident doctor) and one school.

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising (44,900 head in 2006) and plantations of oranges (990 hectares), soybeans (19,000 hectares in 2006), corn (12,000 hectares in 2006), and beans. Orange production of 13,058 tons in 2006 made Água Fria the largest producer in the state. In 2006 there were 618 farms with a total area of 128,625 hectares, of which 26,500 hectares were cropland and 56,200 hectares were pasture. About 1,600 persons were directly connected to agriculture. Local commerce offers few employment possibilities and the biggest employer is the local government. Motor vehicles *Number of automobiles: 210 *Number of pickup trucks: 27 *Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 21.13 Main crops in hectares *Rice: 500 *Banana: 56 *Sugarcane: 24 *Beans: 7,600 *Oranges: 990 *Corn: 15,000 *Soybeans: 20,000 *Sorghum: 700 (''All data are from 2006'')

Health and education

Água Fria had a score of 0.69 on the 2000 Municipal

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, whi ...

, which gave it a state ranking of 212 (out of 242 municipalities) and a national ranking of 3064 (out of 5507 municipalities). *Hospitals: none (February 2007) *Schools: 13 with 1,531 students (2006) *Literacy rate in 2000: 80.3% *Infant mortality rate in 2000: 25.57 Sepin Perfil dos Municípios
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References

Study of Água Fria
{{DEFAULTSORT:Agua Fria De Goias Municipalities in Goiás

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Description

Economy

Health and education

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