Sítio d'Abadia 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 eastern

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 ...

Location

Sítio d'Abadia is located in a corner of eastern

, 14 kilometers north of the border with

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

. It is about 30 kilometers west of the border with

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

. 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 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 of the border with the stat ...

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

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 561 km. Highway connections 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 ...

/ Planaltina /

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/ GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / GO-112

Alvorada do Norte Alvorada do Norte is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is an important commercial center on the Brasília-Salvador highway. Location Alvorada do Norte is part of the Vão do Paranã Microregion. Neighboring municipalities ...

/ Vila Capão / GO-236 /

Buritinópolis Buritinópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the poorest municipality in the state. Location Buritinópolis is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region in the area near Simolândia and Alvorada do Norte ...

Mambaí Mambaí is a city in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the easternmost city in that state. History The settlement began in the 19th century when settlers from the state of Bahia came looking for rubber produced by the mangabeira tree. The vil ...

/ GO-108 /

. Municipal boundaries are with: *north:

and

*west:

Flores de Goiás Flores de Goiás is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Geography Located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region, Flores has boundaries with Buritis, Sítio d'Abadia, Vila Boa, Alvorada do Norte, Iaciara, Nova Roma, S ...

*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 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 ...

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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