Seeking greater autonomy, He and Sousa Ramos requested the incorporation of the town, which was granted on December 15, 1887. However, due to some obstacles mainly by the authorities from Meia-Ponte, which was concerned about the loss of taxes, it became a town 'de facto' on March 10, 1892, when Batista was named the president of the administrative board of the Santana das Antas town. The town became a city on July 31, 1907. On January 9, 1924, the city became the first in the state to have electricity. The telegraph followed in 1926 and the railroad reached the city in 1935. Anápolis is located in Center-Western Brazil. It is located in a plateau, called Central Plateau, at an elevation of . The area is , and the limiting municipalities are Abadiânia, Campo Limpo de Goiás, Gameleira de Goiás, Goianápolis, Leopoldo de Bulhões, Nerópolis, Pirenópolis, Silvânia and Terezópolis de Goiás. Anápolis is also the center of the Anápolis Microregion, and belongs to the Goiás Center mesoregion. The climate of the city is tropical savanna (Aw), according to Köppen climate classification. The winters are dry and cool, mean low temperature is around , and mean precipitation in July is . The most hot months are August and September, reaching a mean high of . Rainfall is abundant during the summer, averaging in January. Anápolis is located on the main Brasília-Goiânia highway (BR 060), which has now become a four-lane motorway. It is also the starting point for the famous Belém-Brasília highway (BR 153). Distances to Goiânia is , to Brasília is and to São Paulo . The municipality is served by a branch of the Centro-Atlântica railroad, with of network in Goiás, which allows for connections with the important ports of the country. Anápolis will be the starting point for the north–south railroad, in construction, which will connect with the Port of Itaqui, in Maranhão, as well as with other strategic points in the North and Northeast. The proposed Expresso Pequi rail service between Brasília and Goiânia is planned to serve a station in Anápolis.