Guarani de Goiás

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Guarani de Goiás is a small town and municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 4,093 (2005 projection) in a total area of 1,229.1 km² (10/10/2002). Guarani is a very poor municipality in the northeast of the state.

Population density: 3.58 inhab/km²
Elevation: 521 meters
Became a municipality: 1963
Postal code: 73910-000

Guarani belongs to the Vão do Paranã Microregion. There are municipal boundaries with:

north: São Domingos
west: Iaciara
south: Posse
east: Bahia

Guarani is 550 km. from Goiânia. Highway connections with the capital are made by BR-153 / Anápolis / GO-060 / Alexânia / Planaltina / Formosa / GO-020 / BR-030 / Vila Boa / Alvorada do Norte/ GO-108 / Posse, Goiás|Posse. [1]

Guarani is located south of the Terra Ronca state park [2] and 28 kilometers north of Posse. It is 35 kilometers to the important BR-020 highway, which links Brasília to Salvador. Guarani is crossed by the Frei River, which has one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the region. For a map of the waterfall see Terraronca

Political Data

Eligible voters: 3,591 (06/09/2004)
Mayor: Bernardino Pinto de Araújo (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Walter Moreira
Councilmembers: 09

Demographic Data

Population growth rate 1991/2000: -2.00.%
Population in 1980: 3,978
Population in 1991: 5,611
Urban population in 2003: 1,720
Rural population in 2003: 2,671

Economic Data

Gross Domestic Product in 2003: R$17.947 million
Gross Domestic Product in 2002: R$12.546 million
State ranking of GDP in 2002: 215 out of 246 municipalities
Classification of GDP in 2002: R$4.592 million (Agriculture), R$2.095 million (Industry), R$5.222 million (Services)
PIB per capita in 2003: R$4.169
PIB per capita in 2002: R$2.845 (state average was R$5,921)
Industrial units: 01 (10/06/2005)
Retail units: 24 (abr/2005)
Banking institutions: none (01/06/2005)
Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
Meatpacking plants: none (07/06/2005)
Automobiles: 76 in 2004

Main agricultural activities:

Cattle raising: 53,500 head (2005)
Poultry: 18,500
Agriculture: rice (800 hectares), beans (40 hectares), manioc (60 hectares), corn (600 hectares), and banana (20 hectares). Statistics are from IBGE

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