- Sítio d'Abadia
Sítio d'Abadia is a small
town andmunicipality in easternGoiás state,Brazil .Location
Sítio d'Abadia is located in a corner of eastern
Goiás , 14 kilometers north of the border withMinas Gerais . It is about 30 kilometers west of the border withBahia . It is one of the most isolated towns in the state ofGoiás and can only be accessed by paved highway by driving north toDamianópolis . It belongs to theVão do Paranã statistical micro-region.The distance to
Goiânia is 561 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 /Anápolis / GO-060 /Alexânia /Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa /Alvorada do Norte / GO-236 /Buritinópolis /Mambaí / GO-108 /Damianópolis . [ [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Anuario de Transporte] ]Municipal boundaries are with:
*north:Alvorada do Norte andDamianópolis
*west:Flores de Goiás
*south:Minas Gerais
*east:Bahia Demographics
*Population density: 2.03 inhab/km² (2007)
*Urban/Rural population: 1,034/2,217
*Population growth rate 1996/2007: 1.07% [ [http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/ Perfil dos Municipios] ]Economy
The economy is based on modest services, public administration, agriculture and cattle raising. There were no banks and 13 commercial establishments in August 2007. There were 52 automobiles in 2007. In 2006 there were 29,000 head of cattle. The main agricultural products were rice, bananas, sugarcane, manioc, beans, corn, and soybeans (2,000 hectares planted).
*Motor vehicles: 80 (automobiles and pickup trucks)
*Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 41Agricultural data 2006
*Farms: 499
*Total area: 90,612 ha.
*Area of permanent crops: 127 ha.
*Area of perennial crops: 5,272 ha.
*Area of natural pasture: 67,823 ha.
*Area of woodland and forests: 16,693 ha.
*Persons dependent on farming: 1,550
*Tractors: 97
*Cattle herd: 29,000
*Main crops: soybeans on 2,000 hectares [ [http://www.ibge.gov.br/ IBGE] ]Health and Education
*Literacy rate: 74.4
*Infant mortality rate: 36.25 for 1000 live births
*Life expectancy:
*Hospitals: none
*Schools: 8 with 1,020 students Sítio d'Abadia is a very poor town in one of the poorest areas of the state. In 2000 it was ranked 235 out of 242 municipalities in the state ofGoiás on the United NationsHuman Development Index with a score of 0.643. Nationally it was ranked 3,875 out of 5,507 municipalities. [ [http://www.frigoletto.com.br/GeoEcon/idhgo.htm Frigoletto.com] ]Tourism
Sítio d'Abadia has one of the largest waterfalls in the state located on the Rio Corrente. See [http://www.viaecologica.com.br/ecoguias/terraronca/ecopontos/cachoeiras/dabadia.htm Cachoeiras d'Abadia]
References
ee also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
*Vão do Paranã Microregion
*Microregions in Goiás
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