Montes Claros de Goiás

Montes Claros de Goiás
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Location of the municipality of Montes Claros de Goiás Montes Claros de Goiás Location of the village in Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	Northwest Goiás
Microregion :	Aragarças
Geographic location :	16 ° 0 ′  S , 51 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 0 ′  S , 51 ° 24 ′  W
Distance to Goiânia :	273 km
Time zone :	UTC -3 summer : UTC-2
Height :	472  m above sea level NN
Area :	2,899.177 km²
Residents :	8,000
Population density :	2.8 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+5562
Post code ( CEP ):	76255-000
Address of the municipal administration:
Official Website:
Anniversary:	23rd October
Church planting:	1963
politics
Mayor :	José Vilmar Maciel (PP), (2009–2012)

Montes Claros de Goias is a Brazilian political community and a district in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion Northwest Goiás and in the micro-region Aragarças . It is located west of the Brazilian capital Brasília and west-northwest of the capital Goiânia .

Other districts in the municipality are Aparecida do Rio Claro, Registro do Araguaia and Lucilândia.

Geographical location

Montes Claros de Goiás borders

• in the northeast to the municipality of Jussara
• to the east at Fazenda Nova and Jaupaci
• to the south at Diorama
• in the southwest at Arenópolis
• to the west at Bom Jardim de Goiás and Aragarças
• to the northwest at Araguiania MG

See also

• Mesoregions and micro-regions in Goiás

Web links

• History of Montes Claros de Goiás (PDF, Portuguese; 10 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEPLAN: Road kilometers to Goiânia ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2009 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. 
2. ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Monte Claros de Goiás (PDF; 10 kB), source IBGE .