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São Miguel do Araguaia is city in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is the northernmost municipality in Goiás, one of the largest too, and a major producer of cattle. São Miguel is located in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion and is one of the most distant cities from the state capital, Goiânia, which is 486 kilometers away. There are highway connections with Araguaçu, state of Tocantins, 63 kilometers to the north; Nova Crixás, 102 kilometers to the south; and the district of Luís Alves, 45 kilometers to the west, on the Araguaia River. Highway connections are made from Goiânia by GO-070 / Goianira / Inhumas / Itaberaí / BR-070 / Goiás / GO-164 / Araguapaz / Nova Crixás. ==History== The region received its first settlers in 1952 with the arrival of José Pereira do Nascimento, Lozorik Belem, and Ovídio Martins de Souza who bought large areas of land and began to raise cattle. José Pereira do Nascimento was a Spiritualist healer and attracted people seeking a cure for their ills. Soon a small settlement began to grow on the banks of the São Miguel River, called São Miguel. Soon the government surveyed the land and demarcated lots for distribution to new farmers coming from the south of the state of Minas Gerais. In 1958 it passed directly from district to municipality with its present name. The greatest period of growth was in the 1960s when thousands of settlers arrived from the south of the country receiving free land to settle in the region. In 2007 the urban population was 18,202 while the rural population was 4,266. The population growth rate from 1996/2007 was 0.56%. There was a gain of about 2,200 people since 1980. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. The cattle herd is one of the largest in the state. Most of the farm land is used for cattle raising. In 2007 there were 21 industrial units and 221 commercial units. There were 06 banks. *Farms: 1,005 *Total agricultural Area: 524,580 hectares *Permanent Planted Area: 192 hectares *Perennial Planted Area: 1,027 hectares *Natural Pasture: 411,405 hectares *Woodland and Forest: 108,622 hectares *Workers related to the farm owner: 2,224 *Workers not related to the farm owner: 707 (IBGE) *Cattle herd: 483,000 head (2006) *Main crops: rice (1,400 hectares) corn (700 hectares), and soybeans (1,000 hectares). (All data are from IBGE 2006) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「São Miguel do Araguaia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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