Silvânia

Also known as Silvania

Silvânia is a municipality in southcentral Goiás state, Brazil.

Key facts

Settlement.image_map: Goias Municip Silvania.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Silvânia GO Brasil - Matriz N. S. Rosário - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira silvania Goiás Brasil.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Goiás
Settlement.established_date: 1847
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2864.7
Settlement.elevation_m: 917
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020

Article

10 sections

Contents

History
Location and highway connections
Political information
Demographics
The economy
Education (2006)
Health (2007)
Tourism and History
See also
References

Silvânia is a municipality in southcentral Goiás state, Brazil.

==History== Around 1774, it was discovered gold in the region. There was an influx of gold miners; with them, it was brought a statue of Nosso Senhor of Bonfim. It gave name for the small village that was created, Bonfim. It became a municipality in 1857. It was renamed to Silvânia in 1943, in a homage to a local Silva family Vianópolis, Leopoldo de Bulhões, São Miguel do Passa Quatro and Gameleira de Goiás were dismembered from Silvânia.