São Domingos is a

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in northeastern

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state,

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. It is a large producer of beef cattle but is one of the poorest towns in the state.

Location

São Domingos is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region and is 400 km. from

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and 641 km. from the state capital,

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. It is the furthest municipality in the state from

Highway connections are made by BR-153 /

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/ BR-060 /

Alexânia Alexânia is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The Areias River passes through the municipality. Location It is located on the main Brasília–Goiânia highway, GO-060, which has been recently widened to four lanes. The distance ...

/ Planaltina / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João d'Aliança /

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/ BR-010 / GO-118 /

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/ GO-447 /

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/ Divinópolis de Goiás / GO-463. (64 km. unpaved road) Neighboring municipalities are Divinópolis de Goiás (north);

Guarani de Goiás Guarani de Goiás is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Guarani is a very poor municipality in the northeast of the state. Geography Guarani belongs to the Vão do Paranã statistical microregion. There are municipal boundaries wi ...

(south);

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(west); the state of

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(east). The area is very rich in wood, especially cedar, aroeira, ipê, peroba, braúna, vinhático and umburana. Vegetation is typically savanna (cerrado) with pequi and buriti trees. The climate is humid tropical with an average annual temperature of 26 °C.

History

The settlement of this town began at the end of the eighteenth century on the banks of the present-day São Domingos River. The first settlement was called "Arraial Velho" but it soon fell into ruin. In 1821 the Portuguese Domingos and José Valente arrived seeking gold. They brought an image of São Domingos Gusmão, which gave the name to the town and the river that passes nearby. The town grew and in 1835 it became a district of

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, which is now part of

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...

In 1854 it became a municipality, one of the oldest in the state of

Demographics

*Population density: 2.97 inhabitants/km² (2007) *Population in 1980: 9,660 *Population in 2010: 10,996 *Urban population: 5,134 *Rural population: 4,652 *Population growth rate: 0.29% 1996/2007

Economy

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising (120,000 head in 2004), services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There was one bank: Banco do Brasil S.A. (Agosto/2007). *Motor vehicles: 271 (automobiles and pickup trucks) *Inhabitants per motor vehicle: 34 Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 763 *Total area: 127,855 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 133 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 33,301 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 52,931 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 29,307 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 2,300 *Number of tractors: 83 *Cattle herd: 144,700 *Main crop: corn with 4,500 planted hectares

Health and education

*Adult literacy rate: 74.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) *Infant mortality rate: 41.97 (2000) (national average was 33) *Hospitals: 1 with 16 beds (2007) *Schools: 17 with 3,291 students (2006)

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2000: 0.631 *State ranking: 239 (out of 242) *National ranking: 4,108 (out of 5,507)

Tourism

The topography of the region is very mountainous, with the municipal seat lying near the Serra Geral mountains. The site was chosen for the filming of a TV miniseries called Grande Sertão Veredas. Nearby is a state park called Parque Estadual da Terra Ronca, which contains Angelica cavern, whose 14 km. extension makes it one of the longest in the country. The park gets its name from a cavern, Terra Ronca, which produces a sound caused by an underground river.Eco.tur.br.
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