Damolândia

Damolândia
Area:	84.9 km²
Population:	2,588 (IBGE 2007)
Elevation:	819 m above sea level
Postcode (CEP):	75420-000
Became a city:	1958
Distance to Goiânia:	79 km.
IBGE statistical microregion:	Anápolis Microregion
Website:	n/a

Damolândia is a small town and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

The distance to Goiânia is 79 km. while the distance to Anápolis is 62 km. Highway connections from Goiânia: GO-462 / Santo Antônio de Goiás / GO-222 / Nova Veneza / GO-416. Neighboring municipalities: Petrolina de Goiás, Ouro Verde de Goiás, Nova Veneza, Brazabrantes, and Inhumas

Although Damolândia is one of the smallest municipalities in the state of Goiás, it still has space for a substantial cattle herd of 13,100 cows (2006). The main agricultural products in planted area (2006) were bananas, rice, beans, corn, and coffee. There was one financial institution--Banco Itaú--in 2007.

The literacy rate in 2000 was 84.9% while the infant mortality rate in 2000 was 20.59 in 1,000 live births. There were 03 schools (2006) with 715 students and 01 small hospital (2007) with 10 beds. On the Municipal Human Development Index Damolândia had a score of 0.739, which ranked it 111 (out of 242 municipalities in 2000) in the state and 2,176 (out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000) in the country. (All data are from 2000). For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br

The history of Damolândia began in 1918 when Antônio Dâmaso da Sila and his family, from Patrocínio, Minas Gerais settled on the banks of the Ribeirão Capoeirão. There he set up a saw mill and began to divide the land that he had acquired from João Pires, hoping to start a new town. In 1925 the settlement was elevated to the category of district of Anápolis and in 1928 a road was opened connecting it to Anápolis and Inhumas. In 1958 it became a municipality on its own taking the name of Damolândia honoring its founder.

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