Abadiânia is a municipality in the state of
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
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. It is home to a famous Brazilian
medium
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, "psychic surgeon" and convicted sex offender
João de Deus.
Location
Abadiânia is part of the
Entorno do Distrito Federal statistical micro-region. Neighboring municipalities are:
*North:
Pirenópolis
Pirenópolis is a town located in the Brazilian state of Goiás. It is known for its waterfalls and Portuguese colonial architecture, and a popular festival involving mounted horses called Festa do Divino Espírito Santo which takes place 45 day ...
,
Corumbá de Goiás
Corumbá de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is one of the oldest cities in the state and still preserves vestiges of its colonial heritage. The Areias River passes through the municipality.
Location and Geography
Loc ...
, and
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 th ...
*South:
Silvânia
Silvânia is a municipality in southcentral Goiás state, Brazil.
History
Around 1774, it was discovered gold in the region. There was an influx of gold miners; with them, it was brought a statue of Nosso Senhor of Bonfim. It gave name for the sm ...
*East:
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 ...
*West: Alexânia
The distance to the state capital,
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 ...
, is 88 km. Highway connections with
Brasília
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, Anápolis and Goiânia are made by
BR-060 (also called in the Brasília-Anápolis stretch as
Belém–Brasília Highway).
It is known as the City of Spiritual Cures because of the presence of psychic healer,
João de Deus, who attracts many national and international tourists seeking cures for their maladies.
Located between Brasília and Goiânia on the BR-060 highway, it has always been a stopping-off point for travellers between the two cities.
Economy
There is modest agricultural production—corn, rice and soybeans—as well as cattle raising. There were two dairies JERIVÁ - Comércio, Indústria e Agropecuária Ltda. and Laticínios Vale do Capivari. (22/05/2006). There was also a meat packing plant Luiz Carlos Pavão e Outros (22/05/2006). There was one financial institution in the town in 2004: Banco Itaú S.A.
Agricultural data 2006
*Farms: 1,150
*Total area: 85,292 ha.
*Area of permanent crops: 5,901 ha.
*Area of perennial crops: 5,703 ha.
*Area of pasture: 51,990 ha.
*Area of woodland and forests: 17,255 ha.
*Cattle herd: 41,665
The main tourist attractions are two waterfalls—Cachoeira do Ribeirão Curralinho and Cachoeira Pedregulho—the
Corumbá River
The Corumbá River (''Rio Corumbá'' in Portuguese) is the most important river in the Central Plateau region of Brazil. Its source is in the Montes de Pireneus, near Pirenópolis, state of Goiás, near the boundary with the Federal District and ...
and the religious festivals.
History
Despite being a municipality since 1953 Abadiânia was only installed in its present site in the 1960s. The population was not happy with conditions of access and little by little they began to build their houses along the highway 18 kilometers away, where the present-day town is located.
Health and education
*Infant mortality rate: 22.36 in 1,000 live births (2000)
*Literacy rate: 84.1 (2000)
*Hospitals: none (February 2007)
*Schools: 18 with 3,369 students (2006)
On the
Human Development Index
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of 2000 Abadiânia had a score of 0.723, which gave it a state ranking of 165 (out of 242 municipalities)
and a national ranking of 2,569 (out of 5,507 municipalities).
IDH-M 2000
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See also
*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 regio ...
References
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Municipalities in Goiás