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Araçu

Field	Value
official_name	Araçu
settlement_type	Municipality
image_shield	Brasão_de_Araçu.png
image_flag	Bandeira_de_Araçu.png
image_map	Goias Municip Aracu.svg
map_caption	Location in Goiás state
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Brazil
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central-West
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Goiás
subdivision_type3	Mesoregion
subdivision_type4	Microregion
subdivision_name4	Anápolis Microregion
subdivision_type5	Metrop. region
leader_title	Mayor
elevation_m	716
area_total_km2	154.02
population_total	3,486
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
blank_name_sec1	HDI
timezone1	BRT
utc_offset1	−3
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	75410-000
area_code_type	Area code

Araçu is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.

Geography

Araçu is part of the Anápolis Microregion and is a short distance northwest of the state capital, Goiânia. It has boundaries with Itaberaí, Itauçu, and Caturaí. The distance to the state capital, Goiânia, is 75 km and highway connections are made by GO-070 / Goianira / GO-523 / Caturaí / GO-222.

Demographics

The population density was 25.26 inhabitants/km2 (2007) with 3,343 people living in the urban areas and 537 living in the rural areas. The population growth rate was 0.49% for the period 1996/2007)

Economy

The economy is based on cattle raising (19,500 head in 2006), services, public administration, and agriculture. The main agricultural products in 2006 were bananas, coffee, garlic, rice, sugarcane, beans, corn, and tomatoes. There were no financial institutions reported in 2007.

Industrial establishments: 6
Retail commerce establishments: 26
Automobiles: 314

Agricultural data 2006

Farms: 171
Total area: 18379 ha
Area of permanent crops: 426 ha
Area of perennial crops: 1311 ha
Area of natural pasture: 13330 ha
Area of woodland and forests: 2735 ha
Persons dependent on farming: 620
Farms with tractors: 33
Number of tractors: 47
Cattle herd: 19,500 head IBGE

Health and education

There was one small hospital with 16 beds in 2006. The infant mortality rate was 17.97 in 2000. In the educational sector there were 1,093 students attending primary and middle schools. The literacy rate was 81.5% in 2000. (IBGE 2004). The classification on the Human Development Index was 0.733. This ranked 130 (out of 242 municipalities) in the state and 2,337 out of 5,507 municipalities in the country.

History

Araçu began on the ranch owned by José Jacinto da Silva, where there was a cemetery built in 1911. In 1912 Silva donated part of his land for the building of a chapel. From 1925 to 1930 with the arrival of the families of Antônio Camargo and João Faria, the settlement known as São Sebastião do Salobro, began to grow. In 1935 it belonged to the municipality of Itauçu and in 1941 it became a district with the name Araçu, a Tupi term that means "Terra Grande" (Large Land). In 1958 it was dismembered from Itauçu and became a municipality. Source: Sepin

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/aracu/panorama IBGE 2020]

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