Águas Lindas de Goiás is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in central

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. ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It is the fifth largest city in the state and one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil.

Location

Águas Lindas is 193 km. from the state capital of

Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...

. Highway connections with

are made by BR-153 /

Anápolis Anápolis (, ) is a Brazilian city in the State of Goiás. It is located between two capitals, the federal capital Brasília and state capital Goiânia. It is the third most populous city in the state, with 391,772 inhabitants according to an es ...

/ BR-414 /

Cocalzinho de Goiás Cocalzinho de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Location and Geography Cocalzinho, as it is known by the inhabitants, is located in the micro-region of Entorno do Distrito Federal, on highway BR-414, almost at the junction ...

/ BR-070. For the complete list see It has borders with

Santo Antônio do Descoberto Santo Antônio do Descoberto is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Location Santo Antônio do Descoberto is located in the microregion called Entorno do Distrito Federal, the area of Goiás that surrounds the Federal District. It is ...

, and

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

. It is located west of Brasília and borders on the boundary of the Federal District. It is part of the Entorno do Distrito Federal micro-region, which has over 960,000 inhabitants.

Demographics

*Population: 195,810 (IBGE 2017) *Population in 2000: 105,746 *Population density: 846.02 inhabitants/km² (2017) *Urban and Rural Population: 131,541 / 343 *Population growth rate 2000/2007: 3.21%

The economy

The city has no major industries but has a variety of small commercial enterprises ranging from small offices, bars, grocery stores and larger supermarkets. Small industries manufacture furniture, sewage pipes, bicycles, sweets and toys. The informal economy is very strong and many people have stalls in fairs either in the city or in neighboring cities. *Industrial establishments: 62 *Commercial retail establishments: 686 *Financial institutions: Banco Itaú SA (2), Banco do Brasil S.A., Caixa Econômica Federal Due to the small territory and the urban characteristics there were no agricultural products registered with the IBGE. The existence of Águas Lindas is recent, being dismembered in 1997 from the municipality of

. In 1996 the population of what was just a district was already 61,478. By 2000 it had increased to 105,000. Its only reason for existence is Brasília and the need for lower class and lower middle class residents of that city or migrants from rural areas to find affordable housing. The infrastructures are precarious as evidenced by the existence of only one hospital for a city of over 100,000 people, only four bank branches, and only one post office. The per capita income is low and most of the inhabitants take buses every day to work in

. *Schools: 74 *Teachers: 1,030 *Students: 43,150 *Higher education: Faculdade Brasil Central - FBC; Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG. *Hospitals: 1 (2007) *Hospital beds: 68 *Infant mortality rate: 18.19 (2014) *Literacy rate: 88.1 (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 ...

in 2014: 0.686 *National ranking: 2282 (out of 5565 municipalities)

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Demographics

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