Area description - State of Goiás
Services and Tourism (43.9% GDP)
- Chapada dos Veadeiros is an ecological national park famous for the diversity of its landscape and the richness of its fauna and flora.
- City of Goiás: a famous World Heritage Site, the city is notable for its historical importance.
- Parque Nacional das Emas: the Emas National Park is another World Heritage Site in Goiás.
- Pirenópolis: Pirenópolis is a picturesque city in the interior of the State of Goiás, famous for its many natural beauties, preserved colonial homes and steep stone streets.
Industry (35.4% GDP)
Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia have become centers of food-processing industries, Anápolis of pharmaceutical factories. Rio Verde, in the southwest, is one of the fastest growing small cities with many new industries locating in the area and Catalão is a metal-mechanical and chemical polo.
Minerals are also important with the state being a major producer of nickel, iron, gold, niobium, phosphate and silver.
Agriculture (21% GDP)
Goiás is a leader in the country in crop raising. The number of cows was estimated in 2000 to be around 18 million, four for every inhabitant. Possibly only Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul have more cattle. Agriculture as a total represented 21% of the GDP of the state, with great production of sugarcane, soybeans, corn, tomato, rice, cotton, manioc and beans.
- Chapada dos Veadeiros is an ecological national park famous for the diversity of its landscape and the richness of its fauna and flora.
- City of Goiás: a famous World Heritage Site, the city is notable for its historical importance.
- Parque Nacional das Emas: the Emas National Park is another World Heritage Site in Goiás.
- Pirenópolis: Pirenópolis is a picturesque city in the interior of the State of Goiás, famous for its many natural beauties, preserved colonial homes and steep stone streets.
Industry (35.4% GDP)
Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia have become centers of food-processing industries, Anápolis of pharmaceutical factories. Rio Verde, in the southwest, is one of the fastest growing small cities with many new industries locating in the area and Catalão is a metal-mechanical and chemical polo.
Minerals are also important with the state being a major producer of nickel, iron, gold, niobium, phosphate and silver.
Agriculture (21% GDP)
Goiás is a leader in the country in crop raising. The number of cows was estimated in 2000 to be around 18 million, four for every inhabitant. Possibly only Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul have more cattle. Agriculture as a total represented 21% of the GDP of the state, with great production of sugarcane, soybeans, corn, tomato, rice, cotton, manioc and beans.
Property description
At a height of 1100 meters this 353,32 hectare fenced in farm is an excellent start for growing crops (1500-1600mm rainfall per year. Centrally located at 200 km from the federal capital, with electricity running next to the property.
