Itajá is a city in southwest

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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. Itajá is a large producer of beef cattle. Itajá is part of the

Quirinópolis Microregion Quirinópolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of cattle and agricultural products. Location Quirinópolis is the seat of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It forms boundaries with Gou ...

. It is located eight kilometers north of the Aporá River, which forms the boundary between the states of

and

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 ...

. Itajá is 408 kilometers 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 ...

, and is connected by BR-060 /

Abadia de Goiás Abadia de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located on the western edge of the Goiânia metropolitan area. The residues from the Goiânia incident are stored within its territory and, according to the National Nuclear Ener ...

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 ...

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 / GO-174 / GO-422 / Caçu / GO-206 /

Itarumã Itarumã is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. In 2020, it had a population of 7,259. Itarumã is a large producer of cattle with a herd of almost three hundred thousand head. Location Itarumã is located in ...

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History

The settlement began in 1947 with the name Fortaleza de São João. By 1953, it had grown so much that it became a district of

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 ...

with the name São João. In 1958 it was given municipality status with the name of Itajá, an inversion of the name "Jataí", the municipality from which it had been dismembered.

Geography

The region is rich in water resources, with several important rivers:

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, Aporé and Corrente. There is also a lake with hot water, with a temperature of 42 °C. Tourism is considered one of the most important industries. There are still stretches of tropical forest mixed with

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 ...

. Animal life in the region includes giant

anteaters Anteaters are the four extant mammal species in the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue"), commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with sloths, they ar ...

, capibara, foxes,

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, wolves, jaguars,

seriema The seriemas are the sole living members of the small bird family Cariamidae (the entire family is also referred to as "seriemas"), which is also the only surviving lineage of the order Cariamiformes. Once believed to be related to cranes, they ...

macaws Macaws are a group of Neotropical parrot, New World parrots that are long-tailed and often colorful, in the Tribe (biology), tribe Arini (tribe), Arini. They are popular in aviculture or as companion parrots, although there are conservation con ...

parrots Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...

and others. Itajá included a village (povoado) called Vila Nossa Senhora Perpétuo Socorro.

Demographics

*Population density in 2007: 2.59 inhabitants/km² *Population growth rate 1996/2007: 4.18.% *Total population in 2007: 5,409 *Total population in 1980: 6,289 *Urban population in 2007: 3,750 *Rural population in 2007: 1,659 *Population change: the population has decreased by about 900 inhabitants since 1980.

Economy

The economy is based on services, small industries, agriculture and cattle raising. There are also three brickworks employing around one thousand people. Cattle raising is one of the major sources of income for the region although it provides relatively few jobs. The total number in 2006 was 176,000 head.

Economic Data (2007)

*Industrial establishments: 18 *Meat packing plant: JERIVÁ - Com. Ind. e Agropecuária Ltda. (22/05/2006) *Retail establishments in 2007: 49 *Automobiles: 451 (2007)

Main agricultural products in ha.(2006)

*rice: 190 *manioc: 10 *corn: 130 *soybeans: 500

Farm Data (2006)in ha.

*Number of farms: 283 *Total area: 237,327 *Area of permanent crops: not available *Area of perennial crops: 696 *Area of natural pasture: 177,522 *Persons dependent on farming: 720 *Farms with tractors: 105 *Number of tractors: 17
IBGE

Education and Health

There were 05 schools with 1,590 students (2006) and 01 hospital with 13 beds (2006). *Literacy Rate: 84.6% *Infant mortality rate: 22.10 (in 1,000 live births) Ranking on the 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 ...

: 0.747 *State ranking: 83 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) *National ranking: 1,868 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) For the complete list se
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References

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External links

Official website of Itajá
{{DEFAULTSORT:Itaja, Goias Municipalities in Goiás Populated places established in 1958 1958 establishments in Brazil