Crixás is a municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil . The population was 17,044 (2020) in a total area of 4,661.5 km . Crixás was a major gold producing area but is now gradually losing population.
7-565: Crixás may refer to: Crixás, Brazil , a municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil. Nova Crixás , a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil Crixás do Tocantins , a municipality in the Brazilian state of Tocantins Crixás River (disambiguation) , several rivers in Brazil including Crixás River (Goiás) , a river of Goiás state in central Brazil Crixás River (Tocantins) ,
14-550: A gold mine, the Serra Grande Gold Mine , partly owned and operated by AngloGold Ashanti , the third-largest gold mining company in the world, and the Kinross Gold Corporation . There is also production of manganese and talcum . In 2007 there were 9 industrial units and 104 retail units. There were three banks and one dairy. In education the area had 12 schools and 3,546 students. There
21-423: A river of Tocantins state in central Brazil Crixás Açu River , a river of Goiás state in central Brazil Crixás Mirim River , a river of Goiás state in central Brazil [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
28-618: Is also a campus of the Universidade Estadual de Goiás, or UEG, with courses in Pedagogy, Letters, Geography, History, and Mathematics. There was one small hospital, with 32 beds, and 07 public health clinics. The ranking on the 2000 Municipal Human Development Index was 0.717. On the Seplan Economic Development Index (2001) the ranking was 21 out of 246 municipalities (2001). See Seplan . On
35-479: Is in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion . Connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / GO-336 / Itapaci / GO-154 / Pilar de Goiás / Santa Terezinha de Goiás / GO-347. The population growth rate from 1996/2007 was -0.87.%. In 2007 the urban population was 11,516 and the rural population was 3,031. The history of Crixás begins in
42-500: The eighteenth century with the discovery of gold. The first explorer in these lands was Manoel Rodrigues Tomar, who arrived in 1726. At the time the region was inhabited by the Crixás Indians. The name of the city comes from these Indians. In 1740 the settlement became Arraial de Crixás. In 1935 it became Vila de Crixás, and in 1953 it became a city. The economy is based on mineral mining and milk production. The municipality has
49-411: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crixás&oldid=793060692 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Crix%C3%A1s, Brazil Crixás is 334 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia , and
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