Cezarina
Cezarina is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. Location and communications. Cezarina belongs to the Vale do Rio dos Bois statistical micro-region. It has municipal boundaries with: Cezarina is located 73 kilometers southwest of the state capital, Goiânia. It is on the BR-060 highway, which connects Brasília to Jataí in southwestern Goiás. Important rivers are the Rio dos Bois, which flows north-south to join the Paranaíba. Economy. The economy was based on cattle raising, agriculture, small transformation industries, meat packing, and dairies. There were 38,000 head of cattle in 2006. Agricultural data History. Cezarina began in  1960, with the construction of the BR-060 highway. At that time the rancher, João Argemiro Cezar decided to donate his lands, where the center of the town is now located. He hired Agil José da Rocha to measure the lands, granting him a free lot. Agil José built a gasoline station on the edge of the highway, which became the first building in Cezarina. Little by little the town began to grow. The name "Cezarina" was chosen because of its founder, João Cezar. In 1988 it became a city. Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index