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Arenópolis
Arenópolis is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 3,495 (2007) in a total area of 1,074.5 km2. Location and Connections with Goiânia Arenópolis is located in the Aragarças Microregion in an isolated and underpopulated region of eastern Goiás. There are highway connections with Iporá, 42 km.to the east; and Piranhas, 32 km. to the west. It is between the Rio Piranhas and the Rio Caiapó, both tributaries of the Araguaia River. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 285 km. and connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Turvânia / Israelândia. Neighboring municipalities are: *north: Montes Claros de Goiás and Diorama *south: Palestina de Goiás *east: Iporá *west: Piranhas Demographic and Political Data *Population density: 3.25 inhabitants/km2 (2007) *Population growth rate 2000/2007: -1,91.% *Urban population: 2,116 *Rural population: 1,379 *Eligible voters: 2,955 (11/2007) *City government in 2005: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Goiás
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Goiás (GO), in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Goiás is divided into 246 municipalities, which are grouped into 18 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions. Ordered by regions Ordered by population List of municipalities in Goiás by population, in descending order, based on estimates from IBGE for 1 July 2005. More than 500,000 inhabitants More than 100,000 inhabitants More than 50,000 inhabitants More than 25,000 inhabitants More than 10,000 inhabitants More than 5,000 inhabitants Fewer than 5,000 inhabitants Ordered by area and population This is a list of municipalities in the state of Goiás, Brazil. Population figures are estimates from 2005. Area figures are from 2002. See also *Geography of Brazil *List of cities in Brazil Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in Urban area, urban and Metropolitan area, metropolitan areas. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piranhas, Goiás
Piranhas is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of milk and has a large herd of cattle. Location Piranhas is located on the Piranhas River and is served by highways: BR-158, which connects Jataí to Aragarças; and GO-060, which connects Piranhas to Iporá. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 321 km. Highway connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Nazário / São Luís de Montes Belos / Israelândia / Iporá / Arenópolis. Municipal boundaries are with: *north and west: Bom Jardim de Goiás *east: Arenópolis *south: Palestina de Goiás and Doverlândia Demographic Information The population density was 5.44 inhabitants/km2 in 2007. There were 8,872 urban dwellers and 2,267 rural dwellers. The population has declined by about 4,000 people since 1980. Economic Information The economy is based on mining, agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. In 2007 there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestina De Goiás
Palestina de Goiás is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Palestina is located in the Sudoeste de Goiás Microregion between the Rio Bonito and the Rio Caiapó. There are paved road connections linking the town to Jataí in the south and to Iporá in the northeast. The Serra do Caiapó lies to the south of the region. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 293 km. Highway connections are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Nazário / Turvânia / Firminópolis / São Luís de Montes Belos / Israelândia / Iporá / GO-221. Municipal boundaries are with: *north: Piranhas and Arenópolis *south and west: Caiapônia *east: Paraúna Political information In January 2005 the Mayor was Bacatela . There were 9 members on the city council and there were 2,882 eligible voters in 2007. In October 2008 lawyer Eduardo Talvani Lima Couto, from the PSC party, was elected as mayor with difference of only 19 votes from the other candidate and taking control over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diorama, Goiás
Diorama is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location and Connections Diorama is 254 kilometers west of the state capital, Goiânia, and is 30 kilometers west of the regional center, Iporá. Neighboring municipalities are Montes Claros de Goiás, Arenópolis, Iporá, and Israelândia. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Nazário / São Luís de Montes Belos / Israelândia / Iporá / GO-174. The economy The economy is based on agriculture, livestock raising, and wood processing. In 2007 there were 2 small transformation industries and 24 commercial units. There were 59,000 head of cattle. Agricultural production was modest with small areas of rice, bananas, beans, sugarcane, corn and soybeans. Agricultural data 2006 *Number of farms: 391 *Total area: 48,159 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 30 ha. (bananas) *Area of perennial crops: 557 ha. (soybeans, corn, rice) *Area of natural pasture: 36,229 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montes Claros De Goiás
Montes Claros de Goiás is a municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil Location and connections Montes Claros is located in the extreme west of the state, about 70 km east of the Araguaia River. It is east of Aragarças and west of Jussara. Montes Claros is connected by poor roads to Aragarças, 117 km to the west; and Jussara, 56 km to the west. It is bathed by the Rio Claro, the Araguaia River, the Caiapó, the Rio das Almas or Rio dos Bois. Neighboring municipalities are: Aragarças, Arenópolis, Bom Jardim de Goiás, Diorama, Fazenda Nova, Jaupaci, Jussara and the state of Mato Grosso. Political information In January 2005, the Mayor was Manoel Carlos da Silva Filho and the Vice-mayor was Antônio Cícero Alves. There were 9 council-members on the city council and the number of eligible voters was 5,834 in 2007. Demographic information In 2007, the population density was 2.71 inhabitants/km2. The population has decreased by almost 1,500 inhabitants sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iporá
Iporá is a municipality in west-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population is around 31,499 (2020) in a total area of 1,026.4 km² (10/10/2002). It is known as the City of the Clear Waters because of its many streams and rivers. Location Iporá is the center of the Iporá Microregion, in the Goiás West Region. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 225 km. and connections are made by highway GO-060 passing through / Trindade / Turvânia / Firminópolis /Nazário / São Luís dos Montes Belos Israelândia. The municipal boundaries in the north are with Diorama, Jaupaci and Israelândia; in the south with Amorinópolis and Ivolândia; in the east with Moiporá and Ivolândia; and in the west with Arenópolis. Geography and climate There are low mountains: Serra do Caiapó, Serra dos Pilões, Serra do Rio Claro, and Morro do Macaco, where there are deposits of nickel. The region has a tropical climate, hot and semi-moist, with two well defined seasons: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israelândia
Israelândia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Israelândia is located in the Iporá Microregion, 28 km. northeast of regional center Iporá. State capital Goiânia is 199 km. to the east. The Rio Claro, a tributary of the Rio Araguaia, flows through the municipality. Highway connections with Goiânia are made by taking state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, São Luís de Montes Belos, and then 31 kilometers northeast to Amorinópolis. Neighboring municipalities: Jaupaci, Fazenda Nova, Moiporá, and Iporá. Districts, villages, and hamlets *District: Piloândia Demographics *Population growth rate 1996/2007: -1,69% *Population in 1980: 3,583 *Population in 2007: 2,827 *Urban population in 2007: 2,137 *Rural population in 2007: 690Sepin The economy The economy is based on services, small industries, cattle raising, and agriculture. There were 2 industrial establishments and 25 retail establishments in 2007. The ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turvânia
Turvânia is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Turvânia is located west of Goiânia, east of São Luís de Montes Belos. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway BR-069 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, Santa Bárbara de Goiás, and then 50 kilometers west to Turvânia. Neighboring municipalities are Firminópolis, São Luís de Montes Belos, Adelândia, Nazário and Anicuns. Demographics The population density was 10.51/km2 (27.2/mi2) (2007). The urban population was 4,036 (2007) and the rural population was 926. The economy The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. There was one dairy in 2007. The cattle herd had 65,000 (2006). The main crops were rice, bananas, sugarcane (2,200 hectares; 5,400 ac), beans, manioc, corn, tomatoes, and soybeans. Health and education The adult literacy rate was 85.5% (2000) (the national average w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trindade, Goiás
Trindade () is a city and municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for the religious celebrations held there in July and is now the third most important pilgrimage site in Brazil. On the west side of the city is a purpose-built raceway where, in 2014, the city hosted a MotoCross World Championship, Grand Prix race. Trindade is part of the Goiânia Microregion, which has over one million six hundred thousand inhabitants. It is located approximately 30 km. west of Goiânia, to which it is connected by a four-lane highway, GO-060. Origin of the City Although Trindade became a city in 1943, its origins go back to 1840, when, according to local folklore, in a small village called Barro Preto, Constantino Xavier and his wife Ana Rosa found in their fields a small clay medallion showing the Holy Trinity crowning the Virgin Mary. Soon a palm covered chapel was raised to be later replaced by a mortar chapel covered with tiles. Lands were donated by local farmers and a reli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population of 2,654,860, making it the 12th-largest in Brazil. With an area of approximately , it has a continuous geography with few hills and lowlands, with flat lands in most of its territory, especially the Meia Ponte River, in addition to Botafogo and Capim Puba streams. Goiânia has its origins as a planned city, founded on October 24, 1933 by then Governor Pedro Ludovico to serve as the new state capital and administrative center. Before this, the state capital was the town of Goiás. It is the second most populous city in the Central-West Region, only surpassed by the country's capital Brasília, located about from Goiânia. The city is an important economic hub of the region and is considered a strategic center for such areas as industry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araguaia River
The Araguaia River ( pt, Rio Araguaia , Karajá: ♂ ''Berohokỹ'' eɾohoˈkə̃ ♀ ''Bèrakuhukỹ'' ɛɾakuhuˈkə̃ is one of the major rivers of Brazil though it is almost equal in volume at its confluence with the Tocantins. It has a total length of approximately 2,627 km. Geography The Araguaia River comes from Goiás-Mato Grosso south borders. From there it flows northeast to a junction with the Tocantins near the town of São João. Along its course, the river forms the border between the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Pará. Roughly in the middle of its course the Araguaia splits into two forks (with the western one retaining the name Araguaia and the eastern one being called the Javaés River). These later reunite, forming the Ilha do Bananal, the world's largest river island. The vein of the Javaés forms a broad inland where it pours back into the main Araguaia, a 100,000 hectare expanse of igapós or flooded forest, blackwater river channels, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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