Alto Horizonte 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 ...
in north
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,
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 ...
. The population was 6,605 in 2020 and the area of the municipality was 503.7 km².
Location
Alto Horizonte is located about 341 kilometers north of 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 ...
and is in the
Porangatu Microregion. Municipal boundaries are with:
*north:
Mara Rosa
Mara Rosa is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Ar ...
*south and east:
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is located in the extreme north of the state and is 136 km from the regional center of Porangatu. Other towns nearby are Campinorte, 28& ...
*west:
Campinorte
Alto Horizonte is connected by poor roads to
Campinorte, which is on the Belém-Brasília highway.
Mara Rosa
Mara Rosa is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Ar ...
is 32 kilometers to the north and
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is located in the extreme north of the state and is 136 km from the regional center of Porangatu. Other towns nearby are Campinorte, 28& ...
is 12 kilometers to the south. All highway connections are of poor quality.
Highway access from
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 made by GO-080 /
Nerópolis
Nerópolis () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
The municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is 25 kilometers to the west. It is nationally known as the city of garlic ...
/ BR-153 /
Jaraguá / GO-080 /
Goianésia /
Barro Alto / GO-342 /
Uruaçu /
Campinorte / GO-428 / GO-556. Se
Seplan
History
In 1949 Manoel Francisco Leite bought lands in the region and in 1951 built the first "rancho" (hut). In 1952 he began to distribute lots to new settlers. The first name was Chapada Grande. In 1991 it was emancipated from the municipality of
Mara Rosa
Mara Rosa is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Ar ...
with the new name of Alto Horizonte, inspired by the beauty of the location and the new horizons for the inhabitants.
Demographics
*The population growth rate 2000/2007 was 2.92%. In 2007 the urban population was 2,442 while the rural population was 694.
The economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising (40,000 head in 2006) and plantations of rice (500 hectares), manioc, and corn (600 hectares). In 2006 there were 196 farms with a total area of 31,812 hectares, of which 748 hectares were planted, 22,216 hectares were pasture, and 8,136 hectares were woodland. Farms employed 100 people in 2005 and there were 497 workers related to the producer.
*Banking establishment: none in 2007
*Industrial units: 07 in 2007
*Retail units: 37 in 2007
*Motor vehicles: 246 automobiles (2007)
Health and education
The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.07 while the literacy rate was 86.1. There were two schools with 921 students.
The score on the 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 ...
was 0.743
*State ranking: 97 (out of 242 municipalities)
*National ranking: 2,075 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
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 ...
*
Microregions of Goiás
References
Frigoletto
{{Municipalities of Goiás
Municipalities in Goiás