Lagoa Santa, Goiás Explained

Official Name:Lagoa Santa
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-19.1819°N -51.3836°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:Quirinópolis Microregion
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:456
Area Total Km2:458.8
Population Total:1,621
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:75819-000
Area Code Type:Area code

Lagoa Santa is a municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil. Lagoa Santa is one of the most recent municipalities in the state, having been installed on 1 January 2001. It has hot water springs and is being developed as a resort.

Location

Lagoa Santa is located on the border with the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, divided by the Aporé River, a tributary of the Paraná. It is 483 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia and is connected by highways BR-153 and BR-060, leaving from São Paulo, and from Goiânia, by highways Br-060 and BR-164 and GO-206 and GO-302.

Connections with the state capital are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / Rio Verde / GO-174 / GO-422 / Caçu / GO-206 / Itarumã / GO-178 / Itajá / GO-302.

It has boundaries on the north, east, and west with Itajá, and on the south with the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Geography

The average elevation is 380 meters and the average annual temperature is approximately 20 °C to 24 °C, with the minimum of 17 °C and the maximum of 31 °C. It is not uncommon to have cold fronts in the region, which come from the south. The climate is very humid, with humidity around 70%.

The town is crossed by the Rio Aporé, on the border with Mato Grosso do Sul. In the tropical forest along the river there is a natural lake, Lagoa Santa, with water temperatures of around 31 °C. This lake gave the town its name and is visited by tourists from all over the country, who seek a cure in the warm and medicinal waters of the lake.

Demographics

The economy

The economy is based on services, government jobs, modest agriculture and cattle raising, and income generated from tourism. The cattle herd was 48,000 (2006).Economic Data (2007)

Main agricultural products in ha.(2006)

Farm Data (2006)in ha.

Education and Health

There were 02 schools in activity (2006) and no hospitals.

Lagoa Santa was first created a district of Itajá in 1988 with the name Termas de Lagoa Santa. In 1998 it became a municipality with the present name.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/lagoa-santa/panorama IBGE 2020