Bom Jardim de Goiás is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 8,869 (2020) in a total area of 1,557 km². Bom Jardim is a large producer of cattle.
The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture. The lands produce rice, bananas, hearts of palm, beans, corn, soybeans and others. There are also deposits of copper and granite. There were 136,000 head of cattle in 2007.
The main areas of employment in 2007 were commerce, small transformation industries, agriculture, public administration, and the informal economy. There were 2 financial institutions in 2007—Banco do Brasil S.A. and Bradesco S.A.
Agricultural data 2006
Number of farms: 832
Total area: 176,795 ha.
Area of permanent crops: 162 ha. (bananas, sugarcane, and hearts of palm)
Area of perennial crops: 1,238 ha. (soybeans, corn, rice)
National ranking: 2,247 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
History
Before European exploration this region was inhabited by the Bororó Indians. In the middle of the nineteenth century Manoel Perdigão discovered gold at a place called Buriti on the banks of the Macacos River. In 1912 the Felizardo family arrived and began a farm called Bom Jardim. A chapel was built in 1914 and Dona Ana Rufina de Faria donated lands for a future town. In 1924 Bom Jardim was elevated to the category of district in the municipality of Rio Bonito, which is present-day Caiapônia. In 1943 the name was changed to Ibotim, of unknown origin, and in 1953 it became a municipality, with the new name of Bom Jardim de Goiás.