for the new Planaltina was the farmhouse Brasília belonging to Joaquim Gonçalves, known as Joaquim Mineiro. In 1967 the city hall was built and it was given the name Planaltina after a plebiscite carried out in the same year. The early years were similar to those of the development of Brasília, with the cerrado being cleaned and wooden shacks being put up. The similarity with Brasília was such that people would say "they are building a little Brasília, a Brasilinha, thus baptizing the new city. The first plan envisioned 22 thousand lots that would each house 5 persons. In fewer than 30 years the population had reached 80 thousand inhabitants. Much of the population explosion came about because of the construction of Brasília. A massive migratory wave came to the federal capital and there was no space in the original plan. The military government at the time would not allow these families to squat on federal lands and sent the excess population to Planaltina. Planaltina gave up most of its territory including its municipal seat to form the new Federal District, but never received any indemnification for this loss. See History of Planaltina Planaltina or Planaltina de Goiás? There is a certain amount of confusion about what the name of the city is. In the IBGE/Seplan statistics it is listed as Planaltina. In Telelistas it is called Planaltina de Goiás but has Planaltina as the name in the webpage. See Telelistas-Planaltina. On the Portuguese version on Wikipedia the article is titled "Planaltina" but the table refers to "Planaltina de Goiás". Just to confuse matters more the Prefeitura calls itself "Planaltina". See Planaltina.go. Health and education Schools: 58 with 26,000 students (2006) Higher education: campus of the UEG Municipal Human Development Index: 0.723 (medium classification) State ranking: 167 (out of 242 municipalities) National ranking: 2,577 (out of 5,507 municipalities) Literacy rate (2000): 85.6% Infant mortality rate (2000): 24.5 See also List of municipalities in Goiás References Frigoletto Distâncias Rodoviárias Municipalities in Goiás