Buriti Alegre is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in south

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goi ...

state,

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 ...

. The population was 9,484 inhabitants (2020) in a total area of 897.4 km². Buriti Alegre is a large producer of poultry products.

Location and communications

Buriti is located in the extreme south of the state between Morrinhos and

Itumbiara Itumbiara is a municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goiás and is a major producer ...

. It is part of the

Meia Ponte Microregion The Meia Ponte Microregion is a statistical region of Goiás state, Brazil created by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). It is located south of the state capital, Goiânia, and includes 21 municipalities with a total popu ...

. The distance to the state capital,

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 ...

, is 181 km. The distance to the important

BR-153 BR-153 is a major federal highway of Brazil, officially named the Transbrasiliana Highway. It also serves as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway in the stretch located between the cities of Wanderlândia, in the state of Tocantins, and Anáp ...

highway is 26 km. The elevation is 620 meters above sea level. Highway connections from

are made by BR-153, passing through

Aparecida de Goiânia Aparecida de Goiânia () is a city and municipality in central Goiás, Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state (with a population of 590,146 inhabitants, according to the 2020 estimate) and the third largest industrial center, with a G ...

and Professor Jamil and taking GO-419. Source:
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Buriti has boundaries with the following municipalities: Morrinhos (north);

and Tupaciguara, (south);

Água Limpa Água Limpa is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 1,830 in 2020 and the municipal area was 454.3 km2. Geography Água Limpa is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion (SeCitybrazilfor all the regions) in the extr ...

(east); and

Goiatuba Goiatuba is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 34,202 (2020 IBGE) in a total area of 2,470.3 km2. Goiatuba is a large producer of grains, especially soybeans and corn. Climate ...

(west). The municipality is crossed by several rivers, the most important being the Paranaíba and the

Corumbá Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 112,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, anima ...

. There is also the Pirancanjuba, which flows into the Corumbá. The Lago das Brisas with an area of 778 km² is formed by the meeting of the waters of the Piracanjuba, Corumbá and Paranaíba.

History

Buriti Alegre began in 1910 with the construction of a chapel on the Buriti ranch. The chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida and attracted pilgrims from around the region. In 1914 it became a district of

Catalão Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory. Demographics *Population density: 17.85 inhab ...

. In 1927 it was dismembered to become a municipality.

Demographic and political data

*Population density in 2007: 9.23 inhabitants/km² *Population growth rate 1996-2007: -0.79.% *Total population in 2007: 8,287 *Total population in 1980: 8,803 *Urban population in 2007: 7,525 *Rural population in 2007: 762 (2,190 in 1980) *City government in 2005: mayor (João Alfredo de Mello Neto), vice-mayor (José Martins Marques), and 09 councilpersons (Seplan)

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising and agriculture, which is diversified, producing corn, rice, soybeans, oranges, and bananas. In the 1950s Buriti had one of the largest herds of zebu cattle in the country, but today the number is around 80 thousand head. There are

slaughterhouses A slaughterhouse, also called abattoir (), is a facility where animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a packaging facility. Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is no ...

for cattle and poultry in the town. *Number of industrial establishments: 15 *Number of retail commercial establishments: 121 *Meat packing houses: Buriti American Beef Ltda.; - JMA Ind. de Alimentos Ltda. (22/05/2006) *Financial institutions: Banco do Brasil S.A. (2007) *Automobiles: 1,286 Agricultural Production *Cattle raising: 79,000 head in 2006 *Poultry raising: 988,000 head in 2006 *Rice: 800 ha. *Bananas: 440 ha. *Oranges: 297 ha. *Corn: 1,380 ha. *Soybeans: 2,500 ha. *Tomatoes: 46 ha. (Seplan and IBGE) Farm data 2006 *Farms: 366 *Total area: 130,347 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 947 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 13,545 ha. *Area of natural pasture: 85,349 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,080 *Farms with tractors: 101 *Number of tractors: 19
IBGE

Health (2007)

*Health units: 03 *Hospitals: 01, with 34 beds in 2003 *Infant mortality rate in 2000: 21.47 *Infant mortality rate in 1990: 29.47 (Seplan and IBGE)

Education (2006)

*Schools: 09 with 2,487 students *Higher education: none in 2005 *Literacy rate in 2000: 84.4 (Seplan and IBGE) Ranking on the Municipal

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, wh ...

*MHDI: 0.758 *State ranking: 62 (out of 242 municipalities) *National ranking: 1,654 (out of 5,507 municipalities)
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References

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