Cavalcante
Sign in to saveCavalcante is a town located in the northern state of Goiás, Brazil. It used to be a big gold producer during the colonial times, but today Cavalcante is more known by its natural beauties, rivers and waterfalls. It is home to a large number of quilombolas, communities of descendants of African-Brazilians who managed to escape from slavery.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Cavalcante
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- Municipality
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- Bandeira Cavalcante-GO.jpg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cachoeira_santa_barbara_cavalcante_goias.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Cachoeira de Santa Bárbara
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- Goias Municip Cavalcante.svg
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- Location in Goiás state
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- Region
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- Central-West
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- State
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- Goiás
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- Mesoregion
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- Microregion
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- Chapada dos Veadeiros
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- cavalcantense
- Population
- 8156
- Area
- 6953.646
- Elevation
- 1006
- Image
- Cachoeira santa barbara cavalcante goias.JPG
- Dialing code
- 62
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- Commons category
- Cavalcante (Goiás)
- Human Development Index
- 0.584
- electorate
- 6922
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Cavalcante is a town located in the northern state of Goiás, Brazil. It used to be a big gold producer during the colonial times, but today Cavalcante is more known by its natural beauties, rivers and waterfalls. It is home to a large number of quilombolas, communities of descendants of African-Brazilians who managed to escape from slavery.
==Geography== It is located just north of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and is connected by tarmacked road with Teresina de Goiás. It is part of the Chapada dos Veadeiros micro-region. The distance to the state capital of Goiânia is 510 km and most residents have greater contact with Brasília than with the state capital.
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