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Araguari is a city and municipality in northwestern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is located in the northern Triângulo Mineiro region, on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation between 940 and 1,087 meters.
The municipality of Araguari has an area of 2,774 km2, with 54 km2 in the urban zone and 2,675km2 in the rural zone. The population in 2001 was 118,243, making it the third most important city in the Triângulo Mineiro, after Uberlândia and Uberaba.
Rivers that water the municipality are: Rio Araguari, Ribeirão das Araras, Corrego Grande, Ribeirão Jordão, and Ribeirão Piçarrão. The Paranaíba in the north forms the boundary with the state of Goiás.
Temperature:
annual average: 20.7 C maximum annual average: 26.3 C minimum annual average: 16 C
Annual average rainfall: 1484 mm
Distances from major cities:
Belo Horizonte 569 km. Rio de Janeiro 1,000 km. São Paulo 623 km. Brasília 397 km. Vitória 1,109 km.
Main highways serving the municipality
BR-050 - São Paulo - Brasilia: allows for south/center-west integration, and connecting with the Belém/Brasília reaches the north of the country. MG-223 - Allows for the integration of the region of the Triângulo Mineiro with the capital of the state, Belo Horizonte, connecting with BR-365 and with BR 050. MG-413 - It connects Araguari with Goiânia and all the center-west of the country. MG-748 - It connects Araguari to BR-365, interconnecting with the north of Minas Gerais as far as Montes Claros.
Araguari is a major railroad junction and connects with the states of Goiás, Tocantins, and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Formerly called Freguesia do Brejo Alegre, the settlement was made the seat of a municipality in 1882 and was elevated to city rank in 1888.
Araguari's main source of income is from the large herds of cattle raised in the hinterlands, where rice, soybeans, corn (maize), citrus fruits, tomatoes, feijão (beans), and cassava (manioc) are also cultivated. In recent years the region has become one of the most important coffee-growing areas in the country and there is an annual coffee fair.
There are five hospitals and clinics in the city and two campuses of regional universities.
On the northern boundary of the municipality is an immense complex of hydroelectric power stations (Emborcação and Miranda), which form several lakes. In addition to the energy supplied these are great tourist attractions, providing oportunities for fishing and the practice of water sports.
The municipality of Araguari has an area of 2,774 km2, with 54 km2 in the urban zone and 2,675km2 in the rural zone. The population in 2001 was 118,243, making it the third most important city in the Triângulo Mineiro, after Uberlândia and Uberaba.
Rivers that water the municipality are: Rio Araguari, Ribeirão das Araras, Corrego Grande, Ribeirão Jordão, and Ribeirão Piçarrão. The Paranaíba in the north forms the boundary with the state of Goiás.
Temperature:
annual average: 20.7 C maximum annual average: 26.3 C minimum annual average: 16 C
Annual average rainfall: 1484 mm
Distances from major cities:
Belo Horizonte 569 km. Rio de Janeiro 1,000 km. São Paulo 623 km. Brasília 397 km. Vitória 1,109 km.
Main highways serving the municipality
BR-050 - São Paulo - Brasilia: allows for south/center-west integration, and connecting with the Belém/Brasília reaches the north of the country. MG-223 - Allows for the integration of the region of the Triângulo Mineiro with the capital of the state, Belo Horizonte, connecting with BR-365 and with BR 050. MG-413 - It connects Araguari with Goiânia and all the center-west of the country. MG-748 - It connects Araguari to BR-365, interconnecting with the north of Minas Gerais as far as Montes Claros.
Araguari is a major railroad junction and connects with the states of Goiás, Tocantins, and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Formerly called Freguesia do Brejo Alegre, the settlement was made the seat of a municipality in 1882 and was elevated to city rank in 1888.
Araguari's main source of income is from the large herds of cattle raised in the hinterlands, where rice, soybeans, corn (maize), citrus fruits, tomatoes, feijão (beans), and cassava (manioc) are also cultivated. In recent years the region has become one of the most important coffee-growing areas in the country and there is an annual coffee fair.
There are five hospitals and clinics in the city and two campuses of regional universities.
On the northern boundary of the municipality is an immense complex of hydroelectric power stations (Emborcação and Miranda), which form several lakes. In addition to the energy supplied these are great tourist attractions, providing oportunities for fishing and the practice of water sports.
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