Itapirapuã

Itapirapuã
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Location of the municipality of Itapirapuã in Goiás / Brazil Itapirapuã Location of the village of Itapirapuã in Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	Northwest Goiás
Microregion :	Río Vermelho
Geographic location :	15 ° 50 ′  S , 50 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 50 ′  S , 50 ° 36 ′  W
Distance to Goiânia :	207 km
Time zone :	UTC −3 summer : UTC − 2
Height :	348  m
Area :	2,043.7 km²
Residents :	7,851
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+55 62
Post code (CEP):	76290-000
City administration address:
Official Website:
politics
Mayor :	Erivaldo Alexandre da Silva, (2009–2012)

Itapirapuã is a Brazilian municipality with almost 8,000 inhabitants in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion of Northwest Goiás and in the microregion of Rio Vermelho . It is located west of the Brazilian capital Brasília and northwest of the capital Goiânia .
Itapirapuã is a large cattle producer.

Geographical location

Itapirapuã has municipal boundaries in

• North with Britânia and Matrinchã
• East with Goiás Velho
• South with Novo Brasil
• West with Jussara and Santa Fé de Goiás

The municipality is located on the banks of the Rio Itapirapuã, a right tributary of the Rio Vermelho , and on the Brazilian federal highway BR-070 . To the north, the Goian state road GO-070 branches off to Aruanã , which leads from Goiânia via Itaberaí and Goiás Velho to Itapirapuâ from the east.

Climate, geography and vegetation

The climate is typically tropical with high summer temperatures around 30 ° C and heavy rainfall. In winter there is drought and drought. The vegetation is characterized by forest and savannah .

See also

• Mesoregions and micro-regions in Goiás

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SEPLAN: Road kilometers to Goiânia ( Memento from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .