Orizona
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Orizona is a small town and municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. Orizona was founded by Joaquim Fernandes de Castro and José Pereira Cardoso in 1850 when they started construction of a chapel on the banks of the Ribeirão Santa Bárbara, a tributary of the Corumbá River. In 1890 the settlement became a district called Capela dos Correias, and in 1909 it became a city called Campo Formoso. In 1943 the name was changed to Orizona, "oriza", meaning rice, and "zona", meaning region--Region of Rice. The name was chosen is a public contest, in which 42 people voted. It was suggested by a doctor, Dr. Raphael Leme Franco. The names proposed were Caruaba, Coema, Manhana, Orizona, Porangatu, Potira, Jubara and Oriza.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orizona
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Coordinates: 17°1'14"S 48°12'12"W
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- Seminary 10 km
- Feira do Produtor 11 km
- Saneago 11 km
- Gas Station 12 km
- Electrical sub-station 12 km
- Trevo de Orizona 12 km
- Nossa Esperança Cemetery 22 km
- Petrol Station 32 km
- Cemetery of Pires do Rio 33 km