São Domingos (Goiás)

São Domingos
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Location of the municipality of São Domingos in the state of Goiás / Brazil
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	East Goiás
Microregion :	Vão do Paranã
Distance to Goiânia :	658 km
Geographic location :	13 ° 24 ′  S , 46 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 13 ° 24 ′  S , 46 ° 19 ′  W
Adjacent municipalities:	Divinópolis de Goiás , Campos Belos , São Desidério , Correntina , Guarani de Goiás , Iaciara de Goiás , Monte Alegre de Goiás , Nova Roma .
Time zone :	UTC −3 summer : UTC − 2
Area :	3,295.558 km²
Residents :	11,236
Population density :	3.4 inhabitants / km²
Height :	677  m above sea level NN
Telephone code :	+5562
Post code ( CEP ):	73860-000
City administration address:
Official Website:	www.saodomingos.go.gov.br
E-mail address:
Anniversary:	October 14th
Church planting:	1854
politics
Mayor :	Oldemar de Almeida Pinto Filho ( PMDB ), (2009–2012)
Vice Mayor:	Domingos Jacinto Oliveira Neto ( PT ), (2009–2012)

São Domingos is in the Midwest ( Região Central Oeste ) of Brazil lying political community and small town in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion East Goiás and in the micro-region Vão do Paranã . It is located north-northwest of the Brazilian capital Brasília and northwest of the capital Goiânia .

Geographical location

São Domingos is located in the northeast of Goiás in the central Brazilian mountains at 677 meters and on the right side of the river that gives the region its name, the Rio Paranã . The eastern border of the municipality runs along the watershed of the Serra Geral de Goiás mountain range , which forms the border between the Rio São Francisco and Rio Tocantins river systems .

São Domingos borders

• in the north at Divinópolis de Goiás and Campos Belos
• To the east at São Desidério , Correntina (both in Extremo Oeste Baiano , BA )
• in the south to Guarani de Goiás and Iaciara de Goiás
• to the west on Monte Alegre de Goiás and Nova Roma

economy

The economy of Sâo Domingos is largely based on agriculture. The local power plant generates 95% of the electrical energy for the region. The many waterfalls, caves and grottoes of the Serra Geral de Goiás as well as the colonial architecture attract many tourists to São Domingos.

See also

• List of municipalities in Goiás
• Table of the meso- and micro-regions in Goiás

Web links

• Sepin
• IBGE
• DNIT: Street map of Goiás (2009) ( Memento from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• IBGE: Topographic Map of São Domingos (1994) (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEPLAN: Road kilometers to Goiânia ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE card (Portuguese)
3. ↑ Results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 29 kB), carried out by IBGE .