Anhanguera
State	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...
Coordinates:	18°20′19"S 48°12′58"W
Area:	57 km²
Population:	966 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	561 m
Postcode (CEP):	75770-000
IBGE statistical microregion:	016 Catalão Microregion Catalão Microregion The Catalão Microregion is a statistical microregion created by IBGE in south-eastern Goiás state, Brazil.*Population: 131.741 inhabitants *Cities: 11*Total Area: 15,238.60 km²...
Became a city:	1953
Mayor:	Francisco da Silva (2005–2009)
Distance to Goiânia Goiânia -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm.... :	163 km.
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Anhanguera is a small town and municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in south 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...

 state, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. In 2007 the population was 966 and the total area of the municipality was 57.0 km², making it the smallest municipality in the state of 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...

 both in population and area.

Geography

Anhanguera is part of the Catalão Microregion

Catalão Microregion

The Catalão Microregion is a statistical microregion created by IBGE in south-eastern Goiás state, Brazil.*Population: 131.741 inhabitants *Cities: 11*Total Area: 15,238.60 km²...

 and is located close to the Paranaíba River

Paranaíba 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...

, which forms the boundary between the states of 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...

 and Minas Gerais

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...

. It is between two large reservoirs—Lago Itumbiara

Itumbiara Dam

The Itumbiara Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Itumbiara in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 2,082 MW installed capacity...

 and Lago Emborcação

Emborcação Dam

The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Sampaio, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.-Background:...

. Poor highway connections are made with the important cities of Araguari

Araguari

Araguari is a city and municipality in northwestern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located in the northern Triângulo Mineiro region, on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation between 940 and 1,087 meters....

, in the south, and Catalão

Catalão

Catalão is a small city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.-Demographics:*Population density: 17.85 inhab/km²...

 in a northeast direction.
The municipality is completely surrounded by Cumari

Cumari

Cumari is a small town and municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,055 in a total area of 579.8 km².-Connections and Municipal boundaries:Cumari is 304 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia...

 in the north.

The distance to the state capital, Goiânia

Goiânia

-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

, is 316 km. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Bela Vista de Goiás

Bela Vista de Goiás

Bela Vista de Goiás is a small city located in central Goiás state in Brazil.-Location:It is 45 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia...

 / Piracanjuba

Piracanjuba

Piracanjuba is a small city and municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a big producer of orchids, milk products, and soybeans. Piracanjuba is also the name of a fish common to the waters of the Plata River basin....

 / GO-217 / GO-139 / Caldas Novas

Caldas Novas

Caldas Novas is a Brazilian city and municipality in the state of Goiás. It is considered by many to be the largest hydro-thermal resort in the world.-Location:...

 / Corumbaíba

Corumbaíba

Corumbaíba is a small town and municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil.-Location and Connections:Corumbaíba is located 222 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia...

 / GO-210 / Goiandira

Goiandira

Goiandira is a small town and municipality in the southeastern portion of the Brazilian state of Goiás. The population was 4,925 in a total area of 560.7 km² .-Geography:...

 / GO-305 / Cumari

Cumari

Cumari is a small town and municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,055 in a total area of 579.8 km².-Connections and Municipal boundaries:Cumari is 304 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia...

. Sepin

The town is located near the Embarcação de Furnas reservoir. The waters are ideal for tourists who seek rest and recreation. On long holidays there are aquatic sports like sailing and jet-ski.

History

In 1908 the railroad came to Goiás but Onofre Ferreira, the owner of the land in the region, would not allow any strangers to build houses. In 1928 he sold the land to Belchior de Godoy, who created lots near the train station and began to sell them to new settlers. A brick works was built and soon there was a small settlement with the name Anhanguera, after the great pioneer who opened up these lands during the Portuguese colonial period. In 1955 the town became a municipality, but with the construction of the dam and reservoir of Furnas it lost most of its land and became the smallest municipality in the state. Compensation money was paid by the state, which was invested in tourism.

Demographic and Political Data

• Population density: 17.05 inhab/km² (2007)
• Population in 1980: 732
• Population in 1991: 869
• Urban population: 919 (2007)
• Rural population: 47 (2007)
• Population growth rate 2000-2007: 1.10.%
• Eligible voters: 893 (09/2004)
• City government: Mayor—Francisco da Silva; Vice-mayor—Joaquim Aparecido Rosa; 09 councilmembers

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising, agriculture, services, and public service. There were 3,800 head of cattle in 2006. The main agricultural products were rice, sugarcane, manioc, and corn. In 2006 there were 26 farms with a total area of 5,174 ha. of which 3,945 ha. were pasture. There were 8 tractors registered and 43 agricultural workers.

Motor Vehicles in 2004

• automobiles: 100
• trucks: 06
• pickups: 07
• motorcycles: 07

Health and education

• Health establishments: 01 (2007)
• Hospital beds: 0
• Infant Mortality: 14.32 in 2000 (27.43 in 1990)
• Schools: 02 with 238 students
• Literacy rate: 91.3% in 2000 (87.1% in 1991)

Ranking on the United Nations Municipal Human Development Index

• Life expectancy: 73.2
• Adult literacy rate: 0.902
• School attendance rate: 0.983
• MHDI: 0.794
• State ranking: 13 (out of 242 municipalities)
• National ranking: 694 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

All data are from 2000