Campos Belos is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a commercial center for a vast area in the northeast of the state. Location Campos Belos is in the extreme northeast of Goiás and borders the state of Tocantins on the north, Bahia on the east and the municipalities of Monte Alegre de Goiás, Divinópolis, and São Domingos on the south and southwest. It is 601 km. to the state capital, Goiânia. Highway connections are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / Alexânia / BR-060 / Planaltina / GO-430 / GO-118 / BR-010 / São João da Aliança / Alto Paraíso de Goiás / Teresina de Goiás / Monte Alegre de Goiás. There are connections with Arraias in the state of Tocantins to the north, taking highway BR-242. Campos Belos lies in a region with a mixture of cerrado vegetation and the semi-arid caatinga. The town is surrounded by low mountains. Economy The main economic activity is cattle raising (55,700 head in 2006), but it was minerals that brought the first settlers to this region. There are deposits of crystal, calciterite, iron, gold, and uranium. In recent years Campos Belos has become a commercial center for a vast area taking in the northeast of Goiás and the southeast of Tocantins. The main agricultural products in planted area were rice, sugarcane, and corn. There were three banking institutions represented—BRADESCO S.A., Banco do Brasil S.A., and - Banco Itaú S.A. (2007) Source: Agricultural data 2006 Farms: 265 Total area: 47,987 ha. Area of permanent crops: 42 ha. Area of perennial crops: 684 ha. Area of natural pasture: 19,286 ha. Area of woodland and forests: 27,417 ha. Persons dependent on farming: 920 Number of tractors: 38 Cattle herd: 55,700 Main crop: corn with 1,500 ha planted (2006) Source: IBGE Health and education In the health sector there were 02 hospitals with 55 beds (2007). Municipal Human Development Index: 0.708 State ranking: 201 (out of 242 municipalities) National ranking: 2,866 (out of 5,507 municipalities) Source: Frigoletto Literacy rate in 2000: 82.4% Infant mortality rate in 2000: 26.56 The state university of Goiás (UEG)opened a campus in Campos Belos in 2000, initially to offer a course in Letters. In a short time it tripled the number of students and now has approximately 800. See UEG Today the campus offers courses in Letters, Pedagogy, Geography, and Mathematics. History Campos Belos began around the small chapel