Itapirapuã
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State : | Brazil (BRA) | ||
Administrative structure : | Midwest | ||
State : | Goiás (GO) | ||
Mesoregion : | Northwest Goiás | ||
Microregion : | Río Vermelho | ||
Geographic location : | 15 ° 50 ′ S , 50 ° 36 ′ W | ||
Distance to Goiânia : | 207 km | ||
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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 | ||
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ SEPLAN: Road kilometers to Goiânia ( Memento from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ First results of the 2010 census in Goiás (PDF; 30 kB), carried out by IBGE .