São Domingos, Goiás

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São Domingos
State	Goiás
Area:	3,295.5 km²
Population:	9,201 (IBGE 2005)
Elevation:	677 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	73860-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	011 Vão do Paranã Microregion
Became a city:	1854
Distance to Goiânia:	641 km.
Website:	none

São Domingos is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of beef cattle but is one of the poorest towns in the state.

1 Location
2 Political information
3 Demographic information
4 Economic information
5 Education (2005)
6 Health (2003)
7 Tourism
8 Human Development Index
9 See also
10 Sources of Data

[edit] Location

São Domingos is located in the Vão do Paranã Microregion and is 400 km. from Brasília and 641 km. from the state capital, Goiânia. It is the furthest municipality in the state from Goiânia

Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João d'Aliança / Alto Paraíso de Goiás / BR-010 / GO-118 / Teresina de Goiás / Monte Alegre de Goiás / GO-447 / Vazante / Divinópolis de Goiás / GO-463. (64 km. unpaved road) For all the distances in Goiás see Seplan

Neighboring municipalities are Divinópolis de Goiás (north); Guarani de Goiás (south); Iaciara (west); the state of Bahia (east).

The area is very rich in wood, especially cedar, aroeira, ipê, peroba, braúna, vinhatico 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.

[edit] Political information

Mayor: Rosana Zago Valente (January 2005)
City council: 09
Eligible voters: 7,063 (April/2006)

[edit] Demographic information

Population density: 2.79 inhab/km² (2005)
Urban population: 4,434 (2000)
Rural population: 5,202 (2000)
Population growth: a loss of about 400 people since 1980

[edit] Economic information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. The Gross Domestic Product in 2002 was 35.3 million Reais (17.5 million dollars). IBGE Divided by sectors, agriculture contributed approximately 16 million Reais, industry 4 million Reais, and services almost 15 million Reais.

Industrial units: 1 (2005)
Commercial units: 80 (2005)
Dairy: none (22/05/2006)
Meat-packing plant: none (22/05/2006)
Financial institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Automobiles: 163 (2004)
Cattle herd: 120,000 head (3,200 milk cows) (2004)
Poultry: 25,500 head (2004)
Swine: 2,540 head (2004)
Main crops: squash, rice (10 km²), bananas, beans, manioc, corn (50 km²), and soybeans.

[edit] Education (2005)

Schools: 26
Classrooms: 77
Teachers: 204
Students: 3,673
Higher education: none
Adult literacy rate: 74.0% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)

[edit] Health (2003)

Hospitals: 1
Hospital beds: 16
Ambulatory clinics: 5
Doctors, nurses, dentists: 7, 1, 0 (2002)
Infant mortality rate: 41.97 (2000) (national average was 33.

[edit] 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 [1], which contains Angelica cavern [2], 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. [3]