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Jaraguá is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is a regional center and a producer of agricultural products, clothing, and cattle.

Jaraguá
Municipality
Location in Goiás state
Jaraguá
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 15°44′23″S 49°20′05″W
CountryBrazil
RegionCentral-West
StateGoiás
MicroregionAnápolis Microregion
Area
  Total1,888.9 km2 (729.3 sq mi)
Elevation
666 m (2,185 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total51,338
  Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal code
76330-000

Location and connections


Considered to be the national capital of the clothing industry, Jaraguá is in the Vale do São Patrício on the important Belém-Brasília highway (BR-153). It is 124 km from the state capital of Goiânia and 230 km from the federal capital of Brasília. Anápolis, the second largest city in the state of Goiás, lies 90 km to the south.

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 /. For a complete list of distances and highway connections in the state of Goiás see Seplan


Municipal boundaries


Goianésia, Itaguari, Itaguaru, Jesúpolis, Pirenópolis, Rianápolis, Santa Isabel, Santa Rosa de Goiás, São Francisco de Goiás, Taquaral de Goiás and Uruana.


Demographics



Economy


Today Jaraguá has a solid economy based on agriculture, cattle raising and the clothing industry. In agriculture Jaraguá produces pineapple, watermelon, corn, rice, and beans. In cattle raising it has one of the largest herds of cattle in the state (176,000 in 2007) and is a leader in milk and dairy product production with 32,000 milking cows. Jaraguá is the largest producer of pineapple in the state of Goiás, with most of the product being exported to São Paulo.

The clothing industry is responsible for the presence of over 400 small factories. Everything began in the 1970s with the arrival of the Pereira da Silva family, who were modest tailors. Today the clothes manufactured here are known all over the country with salespersons arriving to buy up stock and resell it in the large urban centers of the south.

Agricultural data 2006


Education (2006)


There were 33 schools in activity with 10,514 teachers. There was a campus of UEG - Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Humanas e Exatas de Jaraguá The literacy Rate was 86.6%.


Health (2007)


Municipal Human Development Index

All data are from 2000

For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br


History


The settlement of the region where Jaraguá is now located began in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The first settlers were prospectors looking for gold who established a settlement called Córrego de Jaraguá on the banks of the Rio Pari. Unhealthy conditions and flooding of the river convinced the inhabitants to move the town to higher ground where they built a church called Nossa Senhora da Penha on a wide and straight street called Rua Direita, after the tradition in Portugal. By 1748 the church was ready with five altars of gold and silver. In 1776 a second church was built called Nossa Senhora do Rosario, and in 1828 a third church called Nossa Senhora da Conceição was completed. In 1833 Jaraguá was made a "vila" with the name of Nossa Senhora da Penha de Jaraguá. In 1882 the vila was dismembered from Pirenópolis to become a municipality. In the 1960s the government finished the BR-153 highway, or Belem-Brasília, which led to rapid development of the region. See Jaraguá for the history in Portuguese.


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На других языках


- [en] Jaraguá, Goiás

[ru] Жарагуа (Гояс)

Жарагуа (порт. Jaraguá) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Гояс. Составная часть мезорегиона Центр штата Гойас. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Анаполис. Население составляет 38 968 человек на 2007 год. Занимает площадь 1 888,938 км². Плотность населения — 19,6 чел./км².



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