| Official Name: | Santa Helena de Goias |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -17.7214°N -50.6036°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: | Sudoeste de Goiás |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Elevation M: | 562 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1127.8 |
| Population Total: | 38,808 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 75920-000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Santa Helena de Goiás is a municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of corn, sugarcane, soybeans, and poultry.
Santa Helena is located in the Sudoeste de Goiás Microregion, 31 kilometers east of the important city of Rio Verde. It is 32 kilometers south of the BR-060 highway, which links Rio Verde to Goiânia. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 195 km.
Municipal boundaries are with:
In 1934 Custódio P. Vêncio, from Minas Gerais, arrived in the region and bought a large area of land in the region of Buriti Alegre. He attracted other ranchers to the area and soon there was a settlement called Santa Helena. In 1941 the town began to be built with lots demarcated on land donated by Vêncio. In 1943 the name was changed to Ipeguari, meaning "happy field", in homage to the stream called Campo Alegre that flowed through the region. In 1948, when the city became a municipality, the name reverted to Santa Helena de Goiás by popular acclaim.
The economy is based on mechanized agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
All data are from 2000
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