Água Limpa is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in south

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...

state,

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. 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 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 ...

(Se
Citybrazil
for all the regions) in the extreme south of the state approximately 20 kilometers north of the Itumbiara artificial lake, which forms the boundary between the states of

and

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

. The town is connected by paved roads with

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, ...

to the north and

Itumbiara Itumbiara () is a municipality in Brazil, located in the southern part of the state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. It is a "sister city" to the Minas Gerais municipality of Araporã. The city lies south of the state capital, Goiâ ...

to the west. The distance to the state capital,

Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...

, is 195 km. Highway connections from

are made by BR-153 /

Aparecida de Goiânia Aparecida de Goiânia () is a city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in central Goiás, Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state (with a population of 590,146 inhabitants, according to the 2020 estimate) and the third largest ...

/ Morrinhos / GO-147. Se
Distancias Rodoviarias Sepin

Municipal boundaries

* north: Morrinhos and Rio Quente * south:

* east: Marzagão * west: Buriti Alegre

Demographics

*Population density: 4.58 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population in 2007: 2,074 *Population in 1980: 2,226 *Urban population in 2007: 1,447 *Rural population in 2007: 627 *Population growth rate 1996/2006: 0.03%

History

The foundation of Água Limpa occurred in 1929 when João Porfiro Ribeiro fixed a cross and began to cultivate the fertile lands. It was not until 1931 when the first house covered by tiles was built. The name Água Limpa comes from a stream which crosses the municipality. In 1945 it was raised to district level belonging to

. In 1958 it became a municipality.

Economy

The economy is based on services, government employment, cattle raising, and agriculture. The cattle herd had 48,770 head in 2006. The main economic enterprise was commerce with 27 units.

Agricultural data 2006

*Farms: 245 *Total area: 10,915 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 7 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 88 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 8,581 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 2,213 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 530 *Farms with tractors: 37 *Number of tractors: 4
IBGE

Health

* Infant mortality in 2000: 29.47 * Infant mortality in 1990: 30.11 * Health establishments: 01 (2007) * Hospital beds: 0

Education

* Literacy rate in 2000: 86.7 * Literacy rate in 1991: 79.7 * Schools: 02 with 561 students Source
IBGE
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 ...

(2000) ranked Água Limpa 108 out of 242 municipalities in the state of Goiás and 2166 out of 5507 municipalities in all the country with a score of 0.739. For the complete list se
Frigoletto

References

Frigoletto
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