Bom Jardim de Goiás 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 western

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,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. The population was 8,869 (2020) in a total area of 1,557 km². Bom Jardim is a large producer of cattle.

Location

Bom Jardim is located 371 km. from 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 ...

. It is almost due west of the capital and is just south of

Aragarças Aragarças is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. Location Aragarças is the most important town in the Aragarças Microregion. It is 410 km from the state capital, Goiânia on the confluence of two imp ...

on the

Araguaia River The Araguaia River ( , Karajá language, Karajá: ♂ ''Berohokỹ'' eɾohoˈkə̃ ♀ ''Bèrakuhukỹ'' ɛɾakuhuˈkə̃ is one of the major rivers of Brazil, and a tributary of the Tocantins River. Geography The Araguaia River comes from ...

. Highway connections from

are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Turvânia /

Israelândia Israelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Israelândia is located in the Iporá Microregion, 28 km. northeast of regional center Iporá. State capital Goiânia is 199 km. to the east. The Rio Claro, a tr ...

/ Iporá / Piranhas / BR-158. The municipality has boundaries with

Baliza Baliza is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 5,280 (2020) in a total area of 1,783.00 km2. Location Baliza is located in the Aragarças Microregion and is on the Araguaia River, 54 kilometers southwest of Arag ...

Caiapônia Caiapônia is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. It has the third largest cattle herd in the state and is a major producer of grains. The town is also known as Torres Do Rio Bonito or just Rio Bonito ...

, Piranhas, and

Montes Claros de Goiás Montes Claros de Goiás is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil Location and connections Montes Claros is located in the extreme west of the state, about 70 km east of the Araguaia River. It is east of Aragarças and west of Jussa ...

. Important rivers are the Piranhas, Macaco and Bom Jardim.

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. The lands produce rice, bananas, hearts of palm, beans, corn, soybeans and others. There are also deposits of copper and granite. There were 136,000 head of cattle in 2007. The main areas of employment in 2007 were commerce, small transformation industries, agriculture, public administration, and the informal economy. There were 2 financial institutions in 2007—Banco do Brasil S.A. and Bradesco S.A. Agricultural data 2006 *Number of farms: 832 *Total area: 176,795 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 162 ha. (bananas, sugarcane, and hearts of palm) *Area of perennial crops: 1,238 ha. (soybeans, corn, rice) *Area of natural pasture: 131,817 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 42,006 ha. *Cattle herd: 136,000 *Number of agricultural workers: 2,800 *Number of farms with tractors: 99 *Number of tractors: 111
IBGE

Health and education

*Infant Mortality in 2000: 21.93 for 1,000 live births *Literacy rate in 2000: 84,6 *Hospitals: 02 with 44 beds *Schools; 7 with 2,195 students *Municipal

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 ...

: 0.737 *State ranking: 117 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 2,247 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

History

Before European exploration this region was inhabited by the Bororó Indians. In the middle of the nineteenth century Manoel Perdigão discovered gold at a place called Buriti on the banks of the Macacos River. In 1912 the Felizardo family arrived and began a farm called Bom Jardim. A chapel was built in 1914 and Dona Ana Rufina de Faria donated lands for a future town. In 1924 Bom Jardim was elevated to the category of district in the municipality of Rio Bonito, which is present-day

. In 1943 the name was changed to Ibotim, of unknown origin, and in 1953 it became a municipality, with the new name of Bom Jardim de Goiás.

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