Cavalcante (Goiás)

Cavalcante
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Municipality of Cavalcante in Brazil and Goiás Cavalcante Location of the village of Cavalcante in Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	North Goiás
Microregion :	Chapada dos Veadeiros
Distance to the capital Goiânia :	510  km
Geographic location :	13 ° 48 ′  S , 47 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 48 ′  S , 47 ° 27 ′  W
Time zone :	UTC -3 summer : UTC-2
Height :	823  m
Area :	6,953.646 km²
Residents :	9,394
Population density :	1.5 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+5562
Post code ( CEP ):	73790-000
City administration address:	Rua Cristã, 11 73790-000 Cavalcante
Official Website:	www.cavalcante.go.gov.br
E-mail address:
Anniversary:	November 11th
Church planting:	1831
politics
mayor	Josias Magalhães Costa Sobrinho ( PTN ), ( 2009 - 2012 )
Vice Mayor

Cavalcante is a Brazilian political community in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion North Goiás and in the micro-region Chapada dos Veadeiros . It is located north of the Brazilian capital Brasília and northeast of the capital Goiânia .

Cavalcante to the districts include ( port. : Distrios ): Arai, Bonito, Estrema, Guaribinha, Passa Três, Prata and São Jose.

Geographical location

Cavalcante borders

• in the north to the mesoregion Oriental do Tocantins , TO
• in the northeast on Monte Alegre de Goiás
• on the east by Teresina de Goiás
• in the south at Alto Paraíso de Goiás
• in the southeast at Colinas do Sul
• in the northwest at Minaçu

Hydrographic location

Hydrographically, Cavalcante drains into the Rio Tocantins - Araguia basin to the north. Cavalcante is located east of the Serra da Mesa reservoir , the largest reservoir in Goiás in terms of water surface and storage volume. Its outflow is the Rio Tocantins , which forms the western border to the municipality of Minaçu. The municipal area is drained by the following bodies of water originating in the municipal area (arrangement according to confluence from south to north):

River system	right tributaries		Drainage area
Rio Tocantins
	Rio Preto	Rio Claro	western municipal area
	Rio Sao Félix
	Rio Carmo
	Rio Trairas
	Rio Paraná	left tributaries	eastern municipal area
		Rio das Almas
		Rio da Prata

Climate and vegetation

The climate is typically tropical and semi-humid with high temperatures in summer around 30 ° C with a humidity of 60 to 70% and heavy rainfall. In winter there is drought and drought lasting four to five months. The vegetation is characterized by Cerrado - ecosystem .

economy

Cavalcante (Goiás) GDP data (2007)
Agriculture:	7,956
Industry:	27,288
Service:	93,839
Subtotal:	208,684
Taxes:	1,283
PIB total:	209.967
Rank in GO:	48
Population:	9,875
PIB per capita (R $):	21,262
Rank in GO:	15th

The table opposite shows the gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices for the three economic sectors , total PIB and rank of Cavalcante in Goiás, population and GDP per capita for 2007 (in thousands of R $ ).

tourism

On the southern border to the municipality of Alto Paraíso de Goiás is the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park , which is very popular with hikers and eco-tourists .

Access to the national park is only permitted with a guide. The entrance is in the village of São Jorge on the south side of the park, roughly halfway between the towns of Colinas do Sul and Alto Paraíso de Goiás .

See also

• Municipalities in the Chapada dos Veadeiros microregion
• Mesoregions and micro-regions in Goiás

Web links

• Website of the municipality of Cavalcante (Goiás) (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .
2. ↑ PIB per municipality in Goiás ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Source: SEPLAN 2007