Santa Rita do Araguaia is a

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in southwestern

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state,

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Location

Santa Rita is located on the

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 ...

and is connected 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 ...

by highway

BR-364 BR-364 is an inter-state highway in Brazil connecting the southeast state of São Paulo to the western state of Acre. The highway was opened in the 1960s and paved in the 1980s. It has brought economic development and population growth in the Amaz ...

. It is 91 kilometers west of regional center,

Mineiros Mineiros, population 68,154, is a municipality in the southwest of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Mineiros is the westernmost city in Goiás and a great producer of cattle, soybeans, and corn. Mineiros is located 430 km from the state capital ...

. The distance to state capital, Goiânia is 516 km. Highway connections are made from Goiânia 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 ...

/ Rio Verde /

Jataí Jataí is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 103,221 (2021) in a total area of . Jataí is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn. It has the largest herd of cattle in the ...

/ GO-050 / BR-364 / Mineiros / BR-384
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Municipal boundaries are with: *north and west:

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

*south and west: Mineiros

History

The origin of Santa Rita do Araguaia, located on the right bank of the Rio Araguaia, opposite the city of

Alto Araguaia Alto Araguaia is a city in the state of Mato Grosso in 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 millio ...

in Mato Grosso, was the Araguaia ranch, bought in 1854 by José Manoel Vilela. He reserved a large area for a settlement called Santa Rita dos Impossíveis. Later the name was changed to Santa Rita do Araguaia. In 1911 it became a district in the municipality of Mineiros. In 1943 the name was changed to "Ivapé", an Indigenous word meaning "road of fruit". In 1953 the town became a municipality with its present name.

Political and Demographic Information

*Mayor: Luzia Ferreira Costa e Santos (January 2005) *City council: 09 *Eligible voters: 3,674 (2007) *Population density: 4.31 inhabitants/km² (2005) *Urban population: 5,146 (2007) *Rural population: 727 (2007) *Geometric Growth Rate: 2.07% for 2000/2007

Economic Information

The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. *Industrial units: 2 (2007) *Commercial units: 64 (2007) *Financial institutions: 01 branch of Bradesco S.A. (May/2006) *Automobiles: 653 (2007) *Cattle herd: 53,500 head (4,900 milk cows) *Main crops: rice, sugarcane, bananas, corn (3,550 hectares), and soybeans (5,000).

Education (2006) and Health (2007)

*Schools: 5 with 1,737 students *Higher education: none *Adult literacy rate: 85.9% (2000) (national average was 86.4%) *Hospitals: 0 *Hospital beds: 0 *Ambulatory clinics: 1 *Infant mortality rate: 20.02 (2000) (national average was 33.0) 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, whi ...

*MHDI: 0.756 *Ranking in the state: 65 out of 242 municipalities *National ranking: 1706 out of 5507 municipalities ''Data are from 2000'' For the complete list se
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