Bela Vista de Goiás explained

Official Name:Bela Vista de Goiás
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-16.9667°N -105°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central-West
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Goiás
Subdivision Type3:Mesoregion
Subdivision Type4:Microregion
Subdivision Name4:Goiânia Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:803
Area Total Km2:1280.9
Population Total:30,492
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:75240-000
Area Code Type:Area code

Bela Vista de Goiás is a city located in central Goiás state in Brazil.

Location

It is 45 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia

The municipality has boundaries with Hidrolândia, Caldazinha, Aparecida de Goiânia, Senador Canedo, and Silvânia. It is part of the Goiânia Microregion, which has more than one million seven hundred thousand inhabitants.

Bela Vista de Goiás is crossed by the following rivers and streams: Meia Ponte River, Caldas, Piracanjuba, Boa Vista, Arapuca, Sozinha, São José, Aborrecido, Nuelo, Barro Amarelo, São Bento, Furado, Sucuri and Boa Vistinha.

Demographic and political data

Economy

During the period of 1930 to 1950 Bela Vista was famous for its tobacco production and was called the "Tobacco capital of Brazil"". Low international prices caused the gradual abandonment of this crop and today the economy is more diversified with fruit production, milk, and the poultry industry.

There is a large herd of cattle—113,620 head in 2006, of which 21,590 were milking cows. It is one of the largest producers of milk in the state and has two milk processing units. There are approximately eight thousand milk producers, of whom 70% are small farmers. Milk production was over 30 million liters a year in 2003.

The main employer of the region is Granja Saito, a producer of poultry. Poultry production, besides being the mainstay of the economy, stimulates the local production of corn, soybeans, and wheat. According to IBGE there were 1,390,000 chickens in the region. Egg production was 27,104 dozens a year (2006)

Agricultural products

The main agricultural products in 2006 were bananas, coffee, coconut, citrus fruits, rice, manioc, corn, and soybeans. Source: IBGE

Sectors of employment (2003)

The main economic employers in 2003 were:

Financial institutions

Health

Education

See Sepin for data on municipalities in Goiás.

Human Development Index

0.744

Data are from 2000

Historic structures

Bela Vista de Goiás is home to a number of structures of the late 19th century. The House of Senador Canedo was designated a national monument by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) in 1986.[2]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/bela-vista-de-goias/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Casa do Senador Canêdo . Boletim do SPHAN . 1985 . 37 . 2.