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Nerópolis

Nerópolis () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Nerópolis
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão de Nerópolis.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira de Nerópolis.jpg
Settlement.image_skyline: Igreja São Benedito - Nerópolis.png
Settlement.image_map: Goias Municip Neropolis.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Goiás state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central-West
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Goiás
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region

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Location
History
Politics
Demographics
Economy
Health and education
Municipal Human Development Index
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Nerópolis () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

==Location== The municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Goiânia, which is 25 kilometers to the west. It is nationally known as the city of garlic and sweets. Strategically located, it is crossed by highways GO-080 and GO-222, with connections to Belém, Mato Grosso, and is near the national capital of Brasília and the state capital of Goiânia. Besides these advantages it is located in a region of high agricultural productivity, a factor that has attracted large industries to the town, such as Quero Indústrias Alimentícias; national leader in tomato paste, peas and canned corn, which employs 1,200 workers.