Guaribas Explained

Official Name:Guaribas
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Nordeste
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Piauí
Subdivision Type3:Mesoregion
Subdivision Name3:Sudoeste Piauiense
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Joércio Matias de Andrade
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Total:4,568
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Leader Party:MDB

Guaribas is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] Described as a "farming outpost five hours from the nearest paved, two-lane highway", Guaribas is considered one of the poorest municipalities in the country.[6]

Geography

The municipality contains part of the Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park.

Demographics

Living standards in Gauribas have been compared to that of low-income African countries by O Estado de S. Paulo. In 2003, the city was the testing ground for the Bolsa Família social program.[7]

Politics

In the 2022 Brazilian general election, Guaribas gave Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva his highest share of the vote in the country, with Lula receiving 93% of the vote in the municipality.[8]

The current mayor of Guaribas is Joércio Matias de Andrade, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).[9]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pi/guaribas/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . July 1, 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. pt.
  3. Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . August 14, 2009 . December 17, 2009 . PDF. pt .
  4. Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . December 17, 2009 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . October 3, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . October 2, 2008 .
  6. Web site: Clendenning . Alan . May 25, 2003 . Revolution's Slow Start in Brazil . November 9, 2022 . Washington Post.
  7. Web site: Conconi . Augusto . do Lago . Cecília do Lago . Shalders . André . 2022-09-17 . Berço do Bolsa Família é esquecido pelo Congresso . 2022-11-07 . Estadão . pt-br.
  8. Web site: Marreiros . Lucas . 2022-10-31 . Município símbolo do Fome Zero, Guaribas, no PI, comemora vitória de Lula com a maior votação do país: 93% . 2022-11-07 . G1 . pt-br.
  9. Web site: 2021-02-01 . No Piauí, prefeito é investigado após furar fila da vacina e postar nas redes . 2022-11-10 . Época . pt-BR.

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