Santa Fé 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 the west-central Brazilian state of

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 ...

Location

Santa Fé is located almost directly west of

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and northwest of

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 ...

. The nearest town of any size is

Jussara Jussara is a municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. Jussara is a major producer of cattle for the beef market. Location and history Jussara is located in the region of the Vale do Araguaia, 222 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia. Hi ...

, which lies 34 km. to the southeast. *Distance to regional center (

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): 132 km. *Highway connections: GO-060 / Trindade / GO-326 /

Anicuns Anicuns is a city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Geographys Anicuns is located in the Anicuns Microregion, which includes 13 cities with a population of 103276 inhabitants in a total area of 5483.10 km2. It forms boundarie ...

Sanclerlândia Sanclerlândia () is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,641 in 2005 and the total area of the municipality was 496.8 km2. Location Sanclerlândia belongs to the Anicuns Microregion and is northwest of the ...

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/ BR-070 /

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/ GO-173. Neighboring municipalities:

Britânia Britânia is a municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 5,797 (2020) in a total area of 1461.2 km2. Municipal boundaries Municipal boundaries: *North: Aruanã *South: Jussara *East: Itapirapuã and Aruanã *Wes ...

Itapirapuã Itapirapuã is a municipality in the state of Goiás in Brazil. The population is 4,685 (2020 est.) in an area of 2,044 km2. Itapirapuã is a large producer of cattle. Location and boundaries Highway communications with Goiânia are made by ...

Politics

*Mayor: Ademar Marques de Carvalho (January 2005) *City council: 09 *Eligible voters: 3,885 (December 2007) In 1957, Santa Fé de Goiás became a district belonging to

. In 1958, it was dismembered to become a district in the municipality of

. In 1988, it got its municipal autonomy.

Demographics

*Population density: 3.96 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Urban population: 3,514 (2007) *Rural population: 1,080 (2007) *Population growth: a gain of about 900 people since 1991

Economy

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 6 (2007) *Commercial units: 57 (2007) *Meat-packing plant: Frigorífico Arantes Ltda *Cattle herd: 135,000 head *Main crops: cotton, rice, sugarcane, bananas, sesame seeds, corn, and soybeans. *Motor vehicles: 231 automobiles, 34 trucks, and 37 pickup trucks (2007)

Education (2006)

*Schools: 5 *Classrooms: 30 *Teachers: 60 *Students: 1,314 *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 83.7% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

Health (2003)

*Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 2 *Doctors, nurses, dentists: 3, 1, 1 (2002) *Infant mortality rate: 26.34 (2000) (national average was 33.0) *MHDI: 0.713 *State ranking: 190 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 2,744 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

References

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