Porangatu

Porangatu lies in northern Goiás, in the wooded country between the Tocantins and Araguaia basins. The settlement began with eighteenth-century gold discoveries and was known as the Arraial do Descoberto da Piedade. Prospectors and settlers arrived in a region already inhabited by Indigenous peoples. A chapel and houses grew around the workings, giving the small mining community a lasting place in the interior.