Itajá, Goiás
| Itajá | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Itajá | |
 Location of São Miguel do Araguaia in Goiás |
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| Coordinates: 19°04′18″S 51°32′34″W / 19.07167°S 51.54278°WCoordinates: 19°04′18″S 51°32′34″W / 19.07167°S 51.54278°W | |
| Country |
 Brazil
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| Region | Central-West |
| State |
 Goiás
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| Founded | November 14, 1958 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luciano Leão (DEM) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,091.394 km2 (807.492 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 5,544 |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.747 – medium |
Itajá is a city in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. Itajá is a large producer of beef cattle.
Itajá is part of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It is located eight kilometers north of the Aporá River, which forms the boundary between the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Itajá is 408 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, and is connected by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / Rio Verde / GO-174 / GO-422 / Caçu / GO-206 / Itarumã / GO-178. See Sepin for all the distances.
The settlement began in 1947 with the name Fortaleza de São João. By 1953, it had grown so much that it became a district of Jataí with the name São João. In 1958 it was given municipality status with the name of Itajá, an inversion of the name "Jataí", the municipality from which it had been dismembered.
The region is rich in water resources, with several important rivers: Paranaíba, Aporé and Corrente. There is also a lake with hot water, with a temperature of 42 °C. Tourism is considered one of the most important industries. There are still stretches of tropical forest mixed with cerrado. Animal life in the region includes giant anteaters, capibara, foxes, armadillos, wolves, jaguars, seriema, macaws, parrots and others.
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