Sítio d'Abadia

Sítio d'Abadia
Municipality

Location in Goiás state
Sítio d'Abadia

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 14°48′14″S 46°15′01″W / 14.80389°S 46.25028°W / -14.80389; -46.25028Coordinates: 14°48′14″S 46°15′01″W / 14.80389°S 46.25028°W / -14.80389; -46.25028
Country  Brazil
Region Central-West Region
State Goiás
Microregion Vão do Paranã
Area
  Total 1,598.3 km2 (617.1 sq mi)
Elevation 748 m (2,454 ft)
Population (2007)
  Total 3,251
  Density 2.0/km2 (5.3/sq mi)
Time zone BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2)
Postal code 73990-000

Sítio d'Abadia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location

Sítio d'Abadia is located in a corner of eastern Goiás, 14 kilometers north of the border with Minas Gerais. It is about 30 kilometers west of the border with Bahia. It is one of the most isolated towns in the state of Goiás, and can be accessed only by paved highway by driving north to Damianópolis. It belongs to the Vão 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.[1]

Municipal boundaries are with:

Demographics

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).

Agricultural data 2006

Health and education

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 of Goiás on the United Nations Human Development Index with a score of 0.643. Nationally it was ranked 3,875 out of 5,507 municipalities.[4]

Tourism

Sítio d'Abadia has one of the largest waterfalls in the state located on the Rio Corrente. See Cachoeiras d'Abadia

See also

References

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