Guarani de Goiás is a

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in eastern

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian States of Brazil, state located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Ge ...

state,

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. Guarani is a very poor municipality in the northeast of the state.

Geography

Guarani belongs to the Vão do Paranã statistical microregion. There are municipal boundaries with São Domingos, Iaciara,

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, and the state of

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Guarani is located south of the Terra Ronca state park and 28 kilometers north of

. It is 35 kilometers to the important BR-020 highway, which links

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to Salvador. Guarani is crossed by the Frei River, which has one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the region. The distance to

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is 550 km. Connections are made by taking BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / Alvorada do Norte / GO-108 / Posse.

Demographics

*Population density: 3.34 inhabitants/km² *Population in 1980: 3,978 *Population in 2007: 4,105 *Urban population: 1,743 *Rural population: 2,362 *Population growth rate: -1.28%

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising, poultry raising, and agriculture (beans, manioc corn, and bananas). There were no hospitals in 2007. *Industrial units: 1 *Retail commercial units: 30 *Motor vehicles (automobiles and pickup trucks): 146 *Number of inhabitants per motor vehicle: 28 Agricultural data 2006 *Farms: 550 *Total area: 165,143 ha. *Area of permanent crops: 149 ha. *Area of perennial crops: 1,713 ha. *Area of pasture: 106,927 ha. *Area of woodland and forests: 53,907 ha. *Persons dependent on farming: 1,750 *Cattle herd: 55,200 *Corn: 450 ha. *Sugarcane: 80 ha. *Rice: 450 ha. *Beans: 60 ha. *Manioc: 60 ha.

Health and education

Ranking on the Municipal

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: 0.632 *State ranking: 238 (out of 242 in 2000) *National ranking: 4,091 (out of 5,507 in 2000) *Literacy rate: 72.2% (2000) *Infant mortality rate: 37.81 in 1,000 live births (2000) *Schools: 12 with 1,429 students *Hospitals: none in 2007 Sepin

History

The town was first created as a district of the municipality of São Domingos with the name of Guarani in 1919. In 1943 the name was changed to Coatiçaba. In 1963 it was dismembered from São Domingos and formed a new municipality with the name Guarani de Goiás.

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