Marzagão is a

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in south

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state,

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Location

Marzagão is located in the

Meia Ponte Microregion The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 municipalities with a total popu ...

in the extreme south of the state, less than north of the great Itumbiara reservoir, which forms the boundary with the state of

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. There are paved road connections with

Água Limpa Água Limpa is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 1,830 in 2020 and the municipal area was 454.3 km2. Geography Água Limpa is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion (SeCitybrazilfor all the regions) in the extre ...

, , and

Caldas Novas Caldas Novas () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Goiás. It is the largest hydro-thermal resort in the world. Location Caldas Novas is located 170 km south of state capital, Goiânia. It belongs to the Meia Ponte Microregion, ...

, . The distance to the state capital,

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, is 100 km. Highway connections are made by GO-040 /

Aragoiânia Aragoiânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 10,496 (2020 estimate) in a total area of 219.5 km2. Aragoiânia is 42 km. from the state capital, Goiânia, and is linked by highway GO-040. There are al ...

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/ GO-217. Se
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Municipal boundaries are with: *north and east:

*west:

Rio Quente Rio Quente (; "Hot River") is a municipality in the south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. It is the site of a hot water spa known all over the country. Location Rio Quente is 178 km. south of the state capital Goiânia and 360 km. sout ...

*south:

and

Corumbaíba Corumbaíba is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location and connections Corumbaíba is located 222 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is south of Caldas Novas and north of the Itumbiara reservoir. Connections fr ...

History

Marzagão began at the beginning of the twentieth century on lands belonging to the Fazenda Boa Vista de Marzagão, in the municipality of

. Because of its position on the highway linking

with

it developed quickly. In 1916 it became a district of Caldas Novas. In 1938 the name was shortened from Boa Vista de Marzagão to Marzagão. In 1949 it was dismembered from Caldas Novas and had two districts—Marzagão and Água Limpa. In 1958 Água Limpa was itself dismembered to become a separate municipality.

Politics

For the period of 2004-2008 the mayor was Claudinei Rabelo da Silva and the vice-mayor was Neilton Marcelino de Souza. There were 1,734 eligible voters in 2007.

Demographics

In 2007 the population density was 9.00 inhabitants/km². The population has almost doubled since 1980 when there were 1,095 inhabitants. From 1991 to 2000 the growth rate was 3.53.% and from 2000 to 2007 it was 0.96%. Most of the population is urban: 1,781 urban inhabitants and 272 rural inhabitants in 2007.

Economy

The economy is based on services, public employment, modest transformation industries,

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, and agriculture. The cattle herd had 17,890 head in 2006. Poultry and swine production was modest. The main agricultural products in planted area were rice and corn. In 2006 there were 95 agricultural producers with 798 hectares of planted crops. Eighty five of these farmers had tractors. The total agricultural area was 19,092 ha., of which 14,613 ha. were natural pasture.

Health and education

In 2007 there was 1 hospital with 29 beds and 2 walk-in health clinics. The

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rate was 13.91 in 2000, which was well below the national and state average. In 2006 the school system had 2

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with 492 students and 01

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with 116 students. There were no institutions of

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. The

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rate was 85.7% in 2000. Marzagão is a relatively prosperous town. The United Nations Human Development Index (2000) ranked Marzagão 33 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás and 1090 out of 5505 municipalities in all the country with a score of 0.779. ;Ranking on the Municipal

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*MHDI: 0.779 *State ranking: 33 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 1,090 (out of 5,507 municipalities) For the complete list se
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