Rio Verde (Goiás)

Rio Verde
Avenida Presidente Vargas in Rio Verde
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Location of the municipality of Rio Verde in the state of Goiás Rio Verde Location of the city of Rio Verde in Goiás
Basic data
State :	Brazil (BRA)
Administrative structure :	Midwest
State :	Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion :	South Goiás
Microregion :	Southwest Goiás
Neighboring municipalities:	Caiapônia , Montividiu , Paraúna , Santo Antônio da Barra , Santa Helena de Goiás , Maurilândia , Castelândia , Quirinópolis , Cachoeira Alta , Aparecida do Rio Doce , Jataí
Distance to Goiânia :	229 km
Geographic location :	17 ° 47 ′  S , 50 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 17 ° 47 ′  S , 50 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone :	UTC -3 summer : UTC-2
Height :	748  m above sea level NN
Area :	8,388.295 km²
Residents :	176.502
Population density :	21.0 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	+5564
Post code ( CEP ):	75900-000
City administration address:	Av. Presidente Vargas, 3215 Vila Maria Caixa Postal 34 75901-970 Rio Verde GO
Official Website:	rioverdegoias.com.br
E-mail address:	administracao @ rioverdegoias.com.br
Anniversary:	5th of August
Church planting:	1848
politics
Mayor :	Juraci Martins de Oliveira (DEM), (2009–2012)
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio Verde

Rio Verde is a Brazilian political community in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion South Goiás and in the micro-region of Southwest de Goiás . It is located southwest of the Brazilian capital Brasília and the capital Goiânia .

Geographical location

Rio Verde borders the following municipalities:

• to the north on Caiapônia and Montividiu
• in the northeast at Paraúna and Santo Antônio da Barra
• to the east at Santa Helena de Goiás
• in the south-east to Maurilândia and Castelândia
• to the south on Quirinópolis and Cachoeira Alta
• in the southwest at Aparecida do Rio Doce
• to the west at Jataí

Town twinning

Rio Verde has partnerships with the following cities:

• Adelaide ( Australia )
• Haarlem ( Holland )
• Porto Alegre ( Brazil )
• Sacramento ( USA )

See also

• Mesoregions and micro-regions in Goiás

Web links

• rioverdegoias.com.br , (Portuguese)

Individual evidence

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