Nova Roma 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 northeastern

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,

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. It is part of the statistical micro-region of

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 ...

. It is crossed by the important

Paranã River :''This article refers to the river in Goiás, central Brazil: for the longer river of southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, see Paraná River. The difference between the two is in the diacritic on the final syllable.'' The Paranã River is ...

, a tributary of the

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...

History

In the seventeenth century the settlement of São Teodoro existed in the region. Gold mining was the main economic activity. In 1858 it was elevated to the status of district with the name of Nova Roma, belonging to the villa of Cavalcante. In 1943 the district changed its name to Guataçuba, changing back to Nova Roma again in 1947. In 1953 it was transferred to the municipality of Veadeiros, becoming dismembered in 1948 with its present name.

Boundaries

There are poor road connections with

Teresina de Goiás Teresina de Goiás Defect Boys is a municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil. Location It is part of the region of the statistical micro-region of Chapada dos Veadeiros and is located north of the Federal District and Brasília. It is 67& ...

, 72 kilometers to the west,

Monte Alegre de Goiás Monte Alegre de Goiás is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Monte Alegre is located in the statistical micro-region of Chapada dos Veadeiros and is 31 kilometers south of the border with Tocantins. G0-118 connects it w ...

, 58 kilometers north, Alto Paraíso de Goiás, 100 kilometers southwest, and

Iaciara Iaciara is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Geography Iaciara is located in Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region, which borders the state of Bahia. The distance to the state capital of Goiânia is 548 kilometers. Highway ...

, 71 kilometers southeast. 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 616 km. Highway connections from

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 ...

/ GO-060 /

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 ...

/ Formosa / BR-020 / Alvorada do Norte / GO-112 /

. Municipal boundaries are with: *north::

*west:

and Alto Paraíso de Goiás *east: São Domingos and

*south: São João da Aliança

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, modest transformation industries, and public employment. In 2006 there were 67,200 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were pumpkin, rice, banana, sugarcane, beans, manioc, and corn (1,500 hectares planted). *Hospitals: 01 with 14 beds *Infant mortality rate : 30.02, below the national average of 33.0. *Adult literacy rate: 81.9%, below the national average of 86.4%. *HDI-M: 0.679 *State ranking: 223 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 3,323 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

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