Colinas do Sul 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-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 Goi ...

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 ...

Location

Colinas is located in the

Chapada dos Veadeiros Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was created on ...

statistical micro-region and is almost directly north of

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 ...

, to which it is connected by G0-327 as far as Alto Paraíso de Goiás then by G0-118 south to Planaltina, where the highway joins with BR-020. It is 458 kilometers 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 ...

and 270 kilometers from

. Highway connections from

are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / Petrolina de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 /

Goianésia Goianésia () is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is a large producer of sugarcane for production of alcohol used as a source of fuel. Location Goianésia is located almost due north of Anápolis (150 km), 54 km from th ...

/ Barro Alto / BR-080 / GO-342 /

Uruaçu Uruaçu is a city and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. Geography Uruaçu is located north of Anápolis and Goiânia on the important interstate highway BR-153, which links Brasília to Belém. It is 269 km. from Goiânia and 244&n ...

/ GO-237 /

Niquelândia Niquelândia is municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the largest municipality in the state in area and is an important producer of minerals. Geography Niquelândia is 370 km from the state capital, Goiânia, and has an elevati ...

/ GO-132 / (54 km under construction in 2004). Municipal boundaries are with: *north:

Cavalcante Cavalcante is a town located in the northern state of Goiás, Brazil. It used to be a big gold producer during the colonial times, but today Cavalcante is more known by its natural beauties, rivers and waterfalls. It is home to a large number of ...

*west:

Campinaçu Campinaçu is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. Location Campinaçu is surrounded by the following municipalities: *north: Minaçu *east: Colinas do Sul *west: Campinorte and Uruaçu *south: Niquelândia *Distance to Goiânia: 46 ...

and

Minaçu Minaçu is a municipality in the north of the state of Goiás, Brazil. There is a large asbestos mine in the municipality. Location and climate It is located on the shores of the artificial lake, Cana Brava, created after a dam was constructed o ...

*east: Alto Paraíso de Goiás *south and west:

Colinas do Sul is halfway between São Jorge, district of Alto Paraíso de Goiás and

, near one of the southern arms of the Serra da Mesa artificial lake. By way of Colinas it is possible to reach touristic points on the banks of the lake, like Mato Verde (12 km.), Chapada da Visão, Chiqueiro de Pedra and Vale do Lago. On a dirt road it is possible to go around the Serra de Santana and the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, going through Rio Preto and Capela until arriving at

The economy

The main economic activities are ecotourism, based on the park, cattle raising (29,000 head in 2006) and some agriculture (rice and corn). Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 363 *Total area: 130,630 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 232 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 1,405 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 71,503 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 39,964 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,050 *Number of tractors: 86 *Cattle herd: 29,000 *Main crop: corn with 260 planted hectare
IBGE

Health and education

*Schools: 08 (2006) *Hospitals: 01 with 15 beds (2007) *Adult literacy rate: 82.7% (2000) *Infant mortality rate: 41.30 in 1,000 live births (2000) *MHDI: 0.671 *State ranking: 228 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 3,442 (out of 5,507 municipalities) Source

History

Colinas do Sul appears for the first time in official documents as the district of Lages belonging to

. In 1938 the district of Lages was made extinct and became the district of Cafelândia. In 1943 the district of Cafelândia changed its name to Araí. In 1949 the name of Lages returned. In 1955 the district of Lages passed to the district of Colinas, which in 1989 was dismembered from Cavalcante.

References

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