Chapadão do Céu 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 southwestern

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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. It is a large producer of grains (soybeans and corn) and has a high standard of living.

Geographical Information

It is located on the dividing line between the states of

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul ( ) is one of Federative units of Brazil, Brazil's 27 federal units, located in the southern part of the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region, bordering five Brazilian states: Mato Grosso (to the north), Goiás and ...

and

. 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 467 km. Connecting highways are BR-060 /

Guapó Guapó () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 14,207 (2020) and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km2 (10/10/2002). Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion. Neighboring municipalities are: *n ...

/ Cezarina /

Indiara Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton. Location Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with: *north: Palmeiras de Goiás *south: ...

Acreúna Acreúna is a city and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. Location Acreúna is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois, southwest of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-060, (Brasília-Acre) which links Goiânia ...

/ Rio Verde /

Jataí Jataí is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 103,221 (2021) in a total area of . Jataí is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn. It has the largest herd of cattle in the ...

/ GO-050 (40 km unpaved road). Distances to other towns are: 50 km. to Chapadão do Sul; 109 km. to

Mineiros Mineiros, population 70,081, is a municipality in the southwest of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Mineiros is the westernmost city in Goiás and a great producer of cattle, soybeans, and corn. Mineiros is located 430 km from the state capital ...

; 106 km. to

; 255 km. to Rio Verde; and 451 km. to Itumbiara. Municipal boundaries are with: *North: Serranópolis and

; *West:

and

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(MS); *South: Chapadão do Sul (MS); *East:

Aporé Aporé is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. The municipality is a large producer of cattle. Aporé belongs to the Southwest Goiás Microregion. Geography Aporé is 445 quilômetros from the state capital, Goiânia, near the boun ...

. For a map se
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Demographic and Political Data

*Population growth rate 1996/2000: 9.48% *Population growth rate 2000/2007: 4.92% *Mayor (Prefeito)--Eduardo Pagnocelli Peixoto *Vice-mayor (Vice-Prefeito)--Paulo Rodrigues da Cunha *City council (Vereadores): 09

Economy

Despite the low fertility of the soil, the region has agricultural potential because of the flat land and abundance of water. There are plantations of soybeans, corn, and rice, which show good averages of productivity after soil correction, modern techniques, and the use of advanced machines and equipment are applied. In 2006 there were 126 agricultural installations with 56,140 hectares of planted area. Only 36 of these farms had cattle. Forty five of the farms had tractors. Economic Activity *Industrial units: 08 (2007) *Retail units: 113 *Financial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. Agricultural Production (2006) *cattle: 19,000 head *cotton: 6,945 hectares *corn: 33,911 hectares *soybeans: 101,946 hectares *sorghum: 20,000 hectares Data are from 2006 and can be found a
IBGE

Best quality of life in Goiás

Chapadão is becoming one of the state's biggest producers of soybeans and corn. It was also singled out in 2003 as having the highest ranking in the state of

on the United Nations Human Development Inde
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The index was 0.834, ranking Chapadão 1 out of 242 municipalities in Goiás and 100 out of 5,507 municipalities in the country. All the water in the town is treated, all the children go to public school, and there is almost zero infant mortality. See

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 ...

Education and Health

*Literacy rate in 2000: 95.1% (the highest in the state) *Schools: 07 (2006) with 1,987 students *Infant mortality rate in 2000: 11.36 in 1,000 live births *Hospitals: 01 with 14 beds (2007) *Public health clinics: 04

Climate and Tourism

Chapadão do Céu has about 32% of its total area in reserves, including the Parque Nacional das Emas, legal reserves (20% of rural properties) and permanent reserves (river banks, streams, and springs). The climate is moist tropical with an average annual temperature between 19 °C and 37 °C. The relative air humidity is around 55%. The region is watered by the following rivers: Água Amarela, Aporé, Corrente, Formoso, Jacuba, Prata, Pratinha and Sucuriú. The municipality is the gateway to the largest preserved area of the

cerrado The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...

bioma in the world: the Parque Nacional das Emas, with its rich variety of flowers, plants, animals, birds, and beautiful landscapes.

References

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External links

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