Rio Quente

Município de Rio Quente "Capital do Resort" Rio Quente
Amusement Park (2012)
Rio Quente
Coordinates	17 ° 46 ′  S , 48 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 46 ′  S , 48 ° 46 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Goiás
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	11th May 1988 (age 32)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Goiás
height	663 m
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	243.5 km²
Residents	3312 (2010)
density	13.6  Ew. / km²
estimate	4493 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 5218789
Post Code	75667-000 to 75669-999
Telephone code	(+55)  64
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	rioquente.go (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	João Pena de Paiva (2017-2020)
Political party	Partido da República (PR)
Culture
Patron saint	Saint Sebastian
economy
GDP	274,002 thousand R $ 68,262  R $ per person  (2016)
HDI	0.731 (high) (2010)

Rio Quente , officially Portuguese Município de Rio Quente , is a Brazilian political municipality in the state of Goiás . It is located south-south-west of the Brazilian capital Brasília and 135 km south-south-east of the capital Goiânia .

The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 4493 inhabitants, who live on a municipality area of ​​around 243.5 km² and are called Rio-Quentenser ( rio-quentenses ). It ranks 197th out of the state's 246 municipalities.

Geographical location

Rio Quente borders

• from north to east on Caldas Novas
• in the south-east with Marzagão
• in the south at Água Limpa
• to the west at Morrinhos

See also

• Serra de Caldas Novas

Web links

Commons : Rio Quente  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Historical data from Rio Quente , IBGE (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rio Quente climate: average temperature, weather by month, Rio Quente weather averages. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Rio Quente - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 2, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Dr João Pena 22 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 2, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).