Alto Horizonte is connected by poor roads to Campinorte, which is on the Belém-Brasília highway. Mara Rosa is 32 kilometers to the north and Nova Iguaçu de Goiás is 12 kilometers to the south. All highway connections are of poor quality.
In 1949 Manoel Francisco Leite bought lands in the region and in 1951 built the first "rancho" (hut). In 1952 he began to distribute lots to new settlers. The first name was Chapada Grande. In 1991 it was emancipated from the municipality of Mara Rosa with the new name of Alto Horizonte, inspired by the beauty of the location and the new horizons for the inhabitants.
Demographics
The population growth rate 2000/2007 was 2.92%. In 2007 the urban population was 2,442 while the rural population was 694.
The economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising (40,000 head in 2006) and plantations of rice (500 hectares), manioc, and corn (600 hectares). In 2006 there were 196 farms with a total area of 31,812 hectares, of which 748 hectares were planted, 22,216 hectares were pasture, and 8,136 hectares were woodland. Farms employed 100 people in 2005 and there were 497 workers related to the producer.
Banking establishment: none in 2007
Industrial units: 07 in 2007
Retail units: 37 in 2007
Motor vehicles: 246 automobiles (2007)
Health and education
The infant mortality rate in 2000 was 24.07 while the literacy rate was 86.1. There were two schools with 921 students.
