Vila Boa is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in northeastern
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...
state,
Brazil
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.
Location
Vila Boa is located on the extreme northeast limit of the
Entorno do Distrito Federal microregion. The nearest major population center is
Formosa
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, which is 95 km. to the southeast. It forms boundaries with:
*west and south:
Formosa
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*east and north:
Flores de Goiás
The distance to state capital,
Goiânia
Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...
, is 365 km. Highway connections from
Goiânia
Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...
are made by BR-153 /
Anápolis
Anápolis ( , ) is a Brazilian city in the state of Goiás. It is located between two capitals, the federal capital Brasília and state capital Goiânia. It is the third most populous city in the state, with 398,869 inhabitants according to the ...
/ GO-060 /
Alexânia /
Sobradinho / BR-020 / BR-030 /
Formosa
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/ BR-020 / Distrito Bezerra (district of Formosa). For the complete list of distances se
Distâncias Rodoviárias
History
Vila Boa was once a district (1988) of
Formosa
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, and for years was just a small village with a gas station and a few houses on the main road to
Salvador. It is 95 kilometres northeast of
Formosa
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. It has grown rapidly with the arrival of farmers from the south of the country in search of inexpensive land to plant soybeans and raise cattle. In 1992 it was dismembered from Formosa and raised to municipal status.
The economy
The economy is based on agriculture (rice, coffee, sugarcane, and corn), cattle raising (34,000 head in 2006), services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Agricultural data 2006
*Farms: 217
*Total area: 94,002 ha.
*Area of permanent crops: 343 ha.
*Area of perennial crops: 3,497 ha.
*Area of natural pasture: 50,586 ha.
*Area of woodland and forests: 34,131 ha.
*Persons dependent on farming: 850
*Number of tractors: 8
IBGE
Health and education
*Higher education: none
*Adult literacy rate: 77.2% (2000) (national average was 86.4%)
*Hospitals: 1 with 13 beds (2007)
*Infant mortality rate: 28.9 (2000) (national average was 33.0).
*
Human Development Index
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: 0.674
*State ranking: 226 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
*National ranking: 3,389 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000)
See also
*
List of municipalities in Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.
Ordered by regio ...
*
Microregions of Goiás
References
Frigoletto
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Municipalities in Goiás