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Cachoeira Alta

Field	Value
official_name	Cachoeira Alta
settlement_type	Municipality
image_flag	Bandeira_de_Cachoeira_Alta.jpg
image_map	Goias Municip CachoeiraAlta.svg
map_caption	Location in Goiás state
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Brazil
coordinates
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	483
area_total_km2	1654.3
population_total	12,666
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	HDI
timezone1	BRT
utc_offset1	−3
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	75870-000
area_code_type	Area code
website	https://cachoeiraalta.go.gov.br/

Cachoeira Alta is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 12,666 inhabitants in 2020 in a total area of 1659.4 km2. Cachoeira Alta has one of the largest cattle herds in the state.

Location

Cachoeira Alta is located in the Quirinópolis Microregion in an unpopulated area of the south of the state. Some of the largest municipalities in total area are located here. There are road connections with Aparecida do Rio Doce, 57 km. to the north; and Paranaiguara, 37 km. to the southeast.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 356 km. Highway connections are made by BR-060 / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / Rio Verde / GO-174 / GO-422 / Aparecida do Rio Doce / BR-364. See Sepin

Neighboring municipalities are:

north and east: Quirinópolis and Aparecida do Rio Doce
south and west: Caçu
east: Paranaiguara

Demographics

Population density in 2007: 4.90 inhabitants/km2
Population growth rate 1996/2007: -0.19.%
Total population in 2007: 8,103
Total population in 1980: 9,243
Urban population in 2007: 5,965
Rural population in 2007: 2,138 (Sepin/IBGE)

The economy

The economy is based on cattle raising for meat and milk production, and agriculture, especially the planting of corn and rice. The cattle herd was 163,000 head including 12,000 milking cows in 2006.

Economic Data

Industrial establishments: 17
Retail commercial establishments: 124
Financial establishments: Banco do Brasil S.A. (August/2007)
Meat packing plants: Arantes Alimentos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
Dairies: Laticínios Sabor Goiano Ltda., Agrolima Indústria e Comércio de Laticínio Ltda., Indústria e Comércio de Laticínio Estrela do Oriente Ltda., Goiásminas Indústria de Laticínios Ltda. (22/05/2006)

Main agricultural production in planted area

Rice: 80 ha.
Banana: 16 ha.
Rubber (coagulated): 140 ha.
Manioc: 50 ha.
Corn: 400 ha.

Farm Data (2006) in ha.

Number of farms: 718
Total area: 138,781
Area of permanent crops: 346
Area of perennial crops: 1,573
Area of natural pasture: 106,800
Persons dependent on farming: 1,430
Farms with tractors: 195 IBGE

Health and education

The infant mortality rate was 28.90 (2000) while the literacy rate was 84.4% (2000). There were 11 schools with 2,213 students and 02 hospitals with 41 beds.

Municipal Human Development Index: 0.737

State ranking: 116 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000)
National ranking: 2,245 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) See Frigoletto

History

The first European settlement on record occurred in 1876 when Manoel Batista Barroso, travelling medicine salesman, and Gabriel Paula do Amaral, settled on the right bank of the Cachoeira Alta River, five kilometers above where it meets the Rio Claro. In 1920 the town had grown and was officially called Cachoeira Alta, because of the river. In 1931 it became a district belonging to Rio Verde, being raised to municipal status in 1953.

References

Frigoletto

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/cachoeira-alta/panorama IBGE 2020]

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