Caldas Novas

GO 75690-000

Caldas Novas is a municipality ( municipio ) and city in Brazil to the south of the state of Goiás. The town is nationally known for its thermal springs, which have been expanded to baths and amusement parks. The main source springs at temperatures of about 58 ° C in the urban area in the " Lagoa Quente de Caldas Novas ". An important economic activity of the city is the ever-growing tourism, many hotels, clubs and bars gave rise in the last decade.

Geographical location

The city lies at 686 meters above sea level and 172 km south of Goiânia away. The mean annual temperature is 21 ° C.

History

The region was first explored by Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva in 1722 and belonged to the Captaincy ( Portuguese: Captaincy ) São Paulo at a time when Brazil was still a Portuguese colony. Originally, the area belonged to the somewhat more northerly Santa Cruz de Goiás. The first settlers soon realized that the hot springs of high therapeutic value could be. 1777 founded Martinho Coelho Siqueira a municipal solid for the development and further study of the region. He discovered more thermal springs on the banks of the Rio Pirapetinga and Corrego Lavra, which were now referred to Caldas Novas, " new hot springs ".

In the following years, his son Antônio Coelho de Siqueira led the management of the Fazenda Caldas ( Fazenda Portuguese: agricultural property ) on. In 1818, he received a visit from Augusto de Saint Hilaire, the then Governor of Goias, and General Fernando Delgado Leite de Castilho, who cured her rheumatism in the thermal waters of the fazenda. As a result, reached the hot springs to a greater awareness. In 1838 the director of the medical school in Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Vicente Moretti Foggia asked to make a study of the therapeutic effect of the thermal water.

After the death of Antônio Coelho in 1848, the Fazenda the Caldas with all your resources Domingos José Ribeiro were sold, who donated a portion of the ranch to build the church Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Desterro on January 27, 1850. Senhora do Desterro became the patron saint of the city. The settlement around the church was raised in 1853 to a municipality and José da Silva Olinta entered as the first pastor of the congregation at his office. He replaced 1857, the naming of the patron saint in Nossa Senhora das Dores de Caldas Novas.

In the following years the town grew steadily until in 1880 the officer Gonzaga Cândido de Menezes Caldas Novas Santa Cruz seceded and the neighboring municipality of Vila Bela de Morrinhos with Caldas Novas merged. Officially Caldas Novas was raised to município (municipality ) and on October 21, 1911, Category Vila (administrative unit ) on 5 July 1911. Finally Caldas Novas became a city on July 21, 1923.

Demography

  • Total population in 2010: 70 463
  • Total area 1590 km ²
  • Population density: 44.3 inhabitants / km ²
  • HDI (Human Development Index ) 0.802; the city is within the state of Goias 10th place out of 242 and at national level course 533 of 5507.

Economy

In 2005, the exchange rate of the real against the euro had risen significantly and was now in January 2005 at 3.6 BRL / EUR and in January 2006 at 2.8 BRL / EUR. Data from 2005 in thousand BRL:

  • Agricultural products - 24 857
  • Industry - 185 925
  • Services - 262 189
  • Taxes - 32 492
  • PIB - 505 463

Agricultural area: 79 324 acres

  • Permanent crop area of ​​114 hectares
  • Temporary crop area of ​​17,634 hectares
  • Natural grazing area 40 770 hectares
  • Natural forest area 16,851 hectares

Agricultural products ( data 2006 ha)

  • Banana cultivation 20
  • Coconut 10
  • Orange 200
  • Limone 15
  • Cotton 120
  • Rice sat. 4200
  • Cereals 3600
  • Soy 15,600
  • Millet 1200

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