Cidade Ocidental

Cidade Ocidental is a municipality located in central Goiás state, Brazil.

Cidade Ocidental is the case of a community formed by the need to give inexpensive housing to the lower and lower-middle sectors in the Federal District.

The city, with poor infrastructure and serious budgetary problems, makes up an urban sprawl extending for more than 40 km.

Livestock processing, services, small industries, government employment and modest agriculture are the main sources of income for the municipality.

In the agricultural sector there was modest production of rice, coffee, sugarcane, beans, oranges, lemons, manioc and tangerines.