Paranaiguara is a

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in south

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state,

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Location and Geography

Paranaiguara is in the

Quirinópolis Microregion Quirinópolis is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of cattle and agricultural products. Location Quirinópolis is the seat of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It forms boundaries with Gouvelândia (west), Cacho ...

, whose most important city is

Quirinópolis Quirinópolis is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of cattle and agricultural products. Location Quirinópolis is the seat of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It forms boundaries with Gouvelândia (west), Cacho ...

. 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 351 km. Highway connections are made by BR-060 /

Abadia de Goiás Abadia de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located on the western edge of the Goiânia metropolitan area. Geographical Data The distance to Goiânia is 27 km. and highway connections are made by BR-060. Neighboring m ...

Guapó Guapó () is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 14,207 (2020) and the total area of the municipality was 517.0 km² (10/10/2002). Guapó is part of the Goiânia Microregion. Neighboring municipalities are: * ...

Indiara Indiara is a city and municipality in central-south Goiás state, Brazil. Indiara is a large producer of soybeans and cotton. Location Indiara is in the Vale do Rio dos Bois and has municipal boundaries with: *north: Palmeiras de Goiás *south: ...

Acreúna Acreúna is a city and municipality in western Goiás state, Brazil. Location Acreúna is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois, southwest of the state capital, Goiânia, on BR-060, (Brasília-Acre) which links Goiânia ...

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There are municipal boundaries with: *north:

*south: São Simão *east: São Simão and Santa Vitória, Minas Gerais *west: Cachoeira Alta and

Caçu Caçu is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil. Location Caçu is part of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It is located 330 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia and is crossed by highway GO-206, which links the city with Quir ...

The climate is temperate tropical, with an average annual temperature of 26 °C. There are maximums of 26 °C and minimums of 10 °C. The main river is the

Paranaíba Paranaíba is the easternmost Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population was 42,276 (2020) and its area is 5,402.778 km². References

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, which has tributaries such as the Rio Claro and Ribeirão Alegre.

Demographics

*Population density in 2007: 6.69 inhabitants/km² *Population growth rate 1996/2007: -0.67.% *Total population in 2007: 7,724 *Total population in 1980: 6,782 *Urban population in 2007: 6,991 *Rural population in 2007: 733 *Population change: the population has increased by about 960 inhabitants since 1980.

The economy

The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. In the secondary sector there are clothing industries, brickworks, and a paving company. The cattle herd had 110,000 head (2006) and the main agricultural crops were corn and soybeans. Economic Data (2007) *Industrial establishments: 18 *Financial institutions: Banco Itaú S.A. (August/2007) *Retail establishments in 2007: 88 *Automobiles: 976 (2007) Main agricultural products in ha.(2006) *rice: 170 *manioc: 40 *corn: 200 *soybeans: 400 Farm Data (2006)in ha. *Number of farms: 239 *Total area: 92,485 *Area of permanent crops: 78 *Area of perennial crops: 1,433 *Area of natural pasture: 71,227 *Persons dependent on farming: 566 *Farms with tractors: 102 *Number of tractors: 14
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Education and Health

There were 05 schools (2006) and 01 hospital with 23 beds (2007). *Adult literacy rate: 84.3% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) *Infant mortality rate: 22.10 (2000) (national average was 33.0) *Ranking on the Municipal

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History

Paranaiguara began in the 1930s when diamond prospectors came into the area. In 1950 the settlement became a district of

and in 1967 it got its emancipation with the present name. The name means "inhabitants of the great river" in Tupi-guarani. In 1976 the construction of the

São Simão Dam The São Simão Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near São Simão in Goiás/Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. The dam was completed in 1978 and all generators were operat ...

and reservoir forced the evacuation of the old town, which was moved 15 kilometers away.

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