Cachoeira Dourada, Minas Gerais
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. As of 2007 the population was 2,470 in a total area of 202 km². It became a municipality in 1963, separating from Capinópolis
Capinópolis
Capinópolis is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 15,302 in a total area of 621 km². It became a municipality in 1953. The name means "city of grass".-Location:...
.
Location
Cachoeira Dourada is located at an elevation of 460 meters on the south bank of the Paranaíba RiverParanaíba River
The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of the Abaeté river, tributary of the São Francisco River...
, just south of the Cachoeira Dourada Hydroelectric Station. Cachoeira Dourada
Cachoeira Dourada
Cachoeira Dourada is a small town and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,567 in a total area of 521.1 km².-Geographical Information:...
, Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
, lies a few kilometers to the north on the other side of the dam. It belongs to the statistical microregion of Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba is a city and municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, it had a population in 2007 of 100,316 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km²...
. Neighboring municipalities are Itumbiara
Itumbiara
Itumbiara is a small city and municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. The population was 100,000 in a total area of 2,461,3 km²...
, Capinópolis
Capinópolis
Capinópolis is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 15,302 in a total area of 621 km². It became a municipality in 1953. The name means "city of grass".-Location:...
, and Centralina.
Distances
- Belo HorizonteBelo HorizonteBelo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
: 742 km. - CapinópolisCapinópolisCapinópolis is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 15,302 in a total area of 621 km². It became a municipality in 1953. The name means "city of grass".-Location:...
: 30 km. - ItumbiaraItumbiaraItumbiara is a small city and municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. The population was 100,000 in a total area of 2,461,3 km²...
: 31 km. - ItuiutabaItuiutabaItuiutaba is a city and municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, it had a population in 2007 of 100,316 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km²...
: 66 km.
Economic activities
The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, agriculture and royalties from the hydroelectric station. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 104,818,000. Cachoeira Dourada is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. It is in a region of good soils, adequate rainfall, and abundance of surface water. As of 2007 there were no banking agencies in the town. There was a small retail commerce serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 84 establishments employing about 300 workers. Only 30 of the farms had tractors. There were 213 automobiles in all of the municipality. There were 7,000 head of cattle in 2006. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were sugarcane, soybeans, and corn.Health and education
In the health sector there were 02 clinics and no hospitals. In the educational sector there was 01 primary school.- Municipal Human Development IndexHuman Development IndexThe Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
: 0.753 (2000) - State ranking: 262 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 1,810 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas
Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...
with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha
Setubinha
Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2007 the population was 10,834 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Teófilo Otoni...
with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul
São Caetano do Sul is a city in São Paulo state in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo Metropolitan Area. It is the city with the highest per capita income in Brazil and it also has the highest Human Development Index .-Geography:São Caetano do Sul is located on a plateau that is part of the...
in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
See also
- List of municipalities in Minas Gerais