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

São Domingos
Municipality
Location in Goiás state
São Domingos
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 13°24′27″S 46°18′51″W
CountryBrazil
RegionCentral-West
StateGoiás
MicroregionVão do Paranã
Area
  Total3,295.5 km2 (1,272.4 sq mi)
Elevation
677 m (2,221 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total13,103
  Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
73860-000

Location


São Domingos is located in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region 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) [2]

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, 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 Arraias, which is now part of Tocantins In 1854 it became a municipality, one of the oldest in the state of Goiás.[3]


Demographics



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).

Agricultural data 2006


Health and education


Human Development Index 2000: 0.631


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,[7] which contains Angelica cavern,[8] 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.[9]


See also



References


  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Sepin Anuario de Transporte Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Sepin Histórico dos Municípios Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. IBGE
  5. Perfil de Municipios Archived 2007-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Frigoletto.com
  7. Eco.tur.br
  8. Eco.tur.br
  9. Eco.tur.br.

На других языках


- [en] São Domingos, Goiás

[ru] Сан-Домингус (Гояс)

Сан-Домингус (порт. São Domingos) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Гояс. Составная часть мезорегиона Восток штата Гойяс. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Ван-ду-Паранан. Население составляет 9123 человека на 2006 год. Занимает площадь 3 295,558 км². Плотность населения — 2,8 чел./км².



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