Campos Belos de Goiás
| Campos Belos | |
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| Municipality | |
 Location in Goiás state |
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 Campos Belos
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| Coordinates: 13°02′13″S 46°46′19″W / 13.03694°S 46.77194°WCoordinates: 13°02′13″S 46°46′19″W / 13.03694°S 46.77194°W | |
| Country |
 Brazil
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| Region | Central-West Region |
| State | Goiás |
| Microregion | Chapada dos Veadeiros |
| Area | |
| • Total | 724.06 km2 (279.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 18,238 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BRT/BRST (UTC-3/-2) |
| Postal code | 73840-000 |
Campos Belos is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a commercial center for a vast area in the northeast of the state.
Campos Belos is in the extreme northeast of Goiás and borders the state of on the north, Bahia on the east and the municipalities of Monte Alegre de Goiás, Divinópolis, and São Domingos on the south and southwest.
It is 601 km. to the state capital, Goiânia. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / Alexânia / BR-060 / Planaltina / GO-430 / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João da Aliança / Alto Paraíso de Goiás / Teresina de Goiás / Monte Alegre de Goiás. There are connections with Arraias in the state of to the north, taking highway BR-242.
Campos Belos lies in a region with a mixture of cerrado vegetation and the semi-arid caatinga. The town is surrounded by low mountains.
The main economic activity is cattle raising (55,700 head in 2006), but it was minerals that brought the first settlers to this region. There are deposits of crystal, calciterite, iron, gold, and uranium. In recent years Campos Belos has become a commercial center for a vast area taking in the northeast of Goiás and the southeast of . The main agricultural products in planted area were rice, sugarcane, and corn. There were three banking institutions represented—BRADESCO S.A., Banco do Brasil S.A., and - Banco Itaú S.A. (2007) Source: [1]
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