Aruanã (Goiás)

Aruanã
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Location of the municipality of Aruanã in Brazil / Goiás Aruanã Location of the municipality in Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	Northwest Goiás
Microregion :	Río Vermelho (GO)
Geographic location :	14 ° 56 ′  S , 51 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 14 ° 56 ′  S , 51 ° 2 ′  W
Time zone :	UTC -3 summer : UTC-2
Height above d. M .:	250  m above sea level NN
Area :	3,050,303 km²
Residents :	7.506
Population density :	2.5 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+5562
Post code ( CEP ):	76270-000
City administration address:	Prefeitura Pça. Couto Magalhães, 22 76710 - 000 Aruanã
Official Website:	www.aruana.go.gov.br
Anniversary day:	December 18th

Aruanã , officially Município de Aruanã , is a small Brazilian political municipality in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion of Northwest Goiás and in the microregion of Rio Vermelho . It is located west-northwest of the Brazilian capital Brasília and northwest of the capital Goiânia .

Aruanã is located at the confluence of the Rio Vermelho into the Rio Araguaia . The name Aruanã refers to a fish characteristic of the region and a dance by the indigenous Karajá people , who still live on the banks of the Rio Araguaia today. In the mythology of the Tupi -Guarani Aruanã is the god of joy and protector of the Karajá.

Aruanã is a tourist place and an important producer of cattle .

See also

• Municipalities in the Rio Vermelho microregion

Web links

• IBGE Library: History of Aruanã (Portuguese; PDF; 10 kB)
• Brazil portal: Karajá
• Eco travel at uol.br (Portuguese)
• cidades.com.br (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .