Ipiranga de Goiás explained

Official Name:Ipiranga de Goiás
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Coordinates:-15.1725°N -49.6686°W
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:Ceres
Subdivision Type5:Metrop. region
Leader Title:Mayor
Elevation M:623
Area Total Km2:241
Population Total:2,893
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:BRT
Utc Offset1:-3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:76304-000
Area Code Type:Area code

Ipiranga de Goiás is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.

Municipal Boundaries

Ipiranga has boundaries with: Ceres, Itapaci, Nova Glória and Rubiataba. Ipiranga is 219 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia.

Highway Connections from Goiânia

Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rialma / GO-434.

History

The history of Ipiranga de Goiás is connected to the decree of 1941 creating the agricultural colony called Colonia Agrícola Nacional de Goiás, administered by the engineer Bernardo Sayão. In 1949 the dentist Raimundo Alves de Souza arrived with his family and fought to make a city out of Ipiranga. In 1956 he acquired lands and divided them into lots to attract settlers. Ipiranga became a district of Ceres in 1968 and became a municipality in 1998. See Ipiranga de Goiás for the history.

Demographics

The economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising and agriculture. There were 416 farms in 2006 with a total area of 18,494 hectares, of which 5,400 hectares were cropland and 11,683 hectares were pasture. There were 23,000 head of cattle in 2006. The main crops were rice, sugarcane (3,300 hectares), manioc, corn, and beans.

Health and education

There were 06 schools in 2006 with 688 students. There were no hospitals. There are no data available on the Municipal Human Development Index.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/go/ipiranga-de-goias/panorama IBGE 2020