Araçu

Araçu
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Location of Araçu in the state of Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	Central Goiás
Microregion :	Anápolis (GO)
Adjacent municipalities:	Itauçu , Inhumas , Caturaí , Avenilópolis , Itaberaí
Distance to Goiânia :	75
Geographic location :	16 ° 21 ′  S , 49 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 21 ′  S , 49 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone :	UTC -3 summer : UTC-2
Height above d. M .:	716  m
Area :	153.599 km²
Residents :	3,785
Population density :	24.6 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+5562
Post code ( CEP ):	75410-000
City administration address:
Official Website:	no
Anniversary:	14th November
Church planting:	1958
politics
Mayor :	Juarez Vieira de Souza (DEM), (2009–2012)
Vice Mayor:

Araçu , officially Município de Araçu , is a Brazilian political municipality in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion Central Goiás and in the microregion Anápolis . It is located west of the Brazilian capital Brasília and northwest of the capital Goiânia .

Geographical location

Araçu borders the municipalities:

• To the north at Itauçu
• To the east at Inhumas
• To the south on Caturaí and Avenilópolis
• To the west with Itaberaí

See also

• Municipalities in the Anápolis microregion
• Mesoregions and micro-regions in Goiás

Web links

• IBGE: History of Araçu (Portuguese, PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEPLAN: Distance between the municipalities and Goiânia ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese) 
2. ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .