Sítio d'Abadia is a

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in eastern

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state,

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Location

Sítio d'Abadia is located in a corner of eastern

, 14 kilometers north of the border with

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. It is about 30 kilometers west of the border with

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. It is one of the most isolated towns in the state of

, and can be accessed only by paved highway by driving north to

Damianópolis Damianópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,597 (2007) in a total area of 415.3 km2. Location Damianópolis is located to the east of the important BR-020 highway and west o ...

. It belongs to the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region. The distance to

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is 561 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / GO-112 Alvorada do Norte / Vila Capão / GO-236 / Buritinópolis / Mambaí / GO-108 /

. Municipal boundaries are with: *north: Alvorada do Norte and

*west: Flores de Goiás *south:

*east:

Demographics

*Population density: 2.03 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban/Rural population: 1,034/2,217 *Population growth rate 1996/2007: 1.07%

Economy

The economy is based on modest services, public administration, agriculture and cattle raising. There were no banks and 13 commercial establishments in August 2007. There were 52 automobiles in 2007. In 2006 there were 29,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, manioc, beans, corn, and soybeans (2,000 hectares planted). *Motor vehicles: 80 (automobiles and pickup trucks) *Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 41 Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 499 *Total area: 90,612 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 127 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 5,272 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 67,823 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 16,693 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,550 *Tractors: 97 *Cattle herd: 29,000 *Main crops: soybeans on 2,000 hectares

Health and education

*Literacy rate: 74.4 *Infant mortality rate: 36.25 for 1000 live births *Life expectancy: *Hospitals: none *Schools: 8 with 1,020 students Sítio d'Abadia is a very poor town in one of the poorest areas of the state. In 2000 it was ranked 235 out of 242 municipalities in the state of

on the United Nations

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income i ...

with a score of 0.643. Nationally it was ranked 3,875 out of 5,507 municipalities.Frigoletto.com
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Tourism

Sítio d'Abadia has one of the largest waterfalls in the state located on the Rio Corrente. Se

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