São João d'Aliança
São João d'Aliança is a small town and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 2,147 (2000) in a total area of 3,339.5 km². The population density is one of the lowest in the state: 0.64 inhab/km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 986 meters.
The name is often written as São João D'Aliança.
Location
São João is a gateway to the Chapada dos Veadeiros national park. It is located north of Brasília on state highway G0-118, which begins near Planaltina and connects with Alto Paraíso de Goiás. It is part of the Chapada dos Veadeiros Microregion.
The distance to the state capital, Goiânia is 357 km. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / BR-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina (DF) / GO-430 / Planaltina de Goiás (GO) / GO-118 / BR-010 /. For all the distances in Goiás see Seplan
Neighboring municipalities are:
- North: Alto Paraíso de Goiás
- South: Formosa and Água Fria de Goiás
- East: Flores de Goiás
- West: Niquelândia
Economy
The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, especially soybeans and corn. The soils, altitude and climate are considered favorable for planting corn, which occupy 150 square kilometres. Farmers harvest 15,000 sacks of corn per square kilometre, which is twice the national average. Usually corn is rotated with soybeans.
Tourism
Tourism has become important in recent years with the proximity of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. There are several waterfalls in the region, with the Cachoeira Extrema or Label being the highest: 130 meters of direct fall. It is still quite inaccessible and it is necessary to walk three hours to reach it. The vegetation and fauna are very rich in the area. In the cerrado there are a minimum of 837 species of birds and 161 species of mammals.
History
São João began as a farm in the nineteenth century. In 1910, it was Arraial Capetinga, consisting of same grass huts, two houses covered with tiles, and a chapel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. In 1931 it became a municipality only to revert to a district of Formosa in 1939. Finally in 1953 it was re-established as a municipality. With the construction of Brasília and a relative proximity to that important city, farmers from the south began to arrive and buy inexpensive land to plant soybeans.
- Life expectancy: 67.98
- Adult literacy rate: 0.817
- School attendance rate: 0.730
- MHDI: 0.719
- State ranking: 177 (out of 242 municipalities)
- National ranking: 2,654 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
All data are from 2000
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