Barro Alto

Barro Alto is a municipality in northern Goias state, Brazil. Well-known for its nickel mine and manufacturing of rubber. The populace became 6,446 in 2007 and the whole vicinity of the municipality was 1,231.8 km². The foundation of Barro Alto started out in 1949 on the Fazenda Barro Alto owned by way of the Silva brothers, who had lived there in view that 1940. In 1951 a dual carriageway connection with Goianésia was spread out, and in 1956 a chapel committed to Nossa Senora d'Abadia turned into constructed.

In 1958 it have become a district of Pirenopolis, setting apart inside the same yr to end up a municipality. Barro Alto is inside the Ceres Microregion and is in an underpopulated region south of the Serra de Mesa synthetic lake. It is 54 kilometers southeast of the critical BR-153 toll road, which hyperlinks Anapolis to Belem. Barro Alto has an essential open pit nickel mine operated by Anglo-American. Other monetary activities are farm animals raising, agriculture, offerings, and small transformation industries. Public administration is a large organization with 389 employees.

Barro Alto is the largest manufacturer of rubber coagulated latex in the nation of Goias. It produced 2,130 lots in 2006. Sepin There had been 53,500 head of farm animals 8,200 dairy cows in 2006. Sepin Barro Alto has a large agricultural production. In 2006 there were 296 farms with 1,247 hectares of permanent vegetation and 3,570 hectares of perennial plants. The city was served by using one sanatorium with 39 beds in 2007. The infant mortality fee in 2000 changed into 25.06. In the academic zone there had been eleven colleges with 2,264 students. The literacy charge in 2000 turned into 79.2%.