| Official Name: | Paraúna |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -16.9511°N -50.4103°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: | Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion |
| Subdivision Type5: | Metrop. region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 3781.2 |
| Population Total: | 10,980 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | BRT |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 75980-000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Paraúna is a municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. It has strange rock formations and is a large producer of cotton and soybeans.
Highway connections with Goiânia are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / GO-320 / Jandaia. See Sepin for all the distances.
Municipal boundaries:
The climate is tropical, typical of medium elevations, with the dry period of the year occurring between July and October and the wet period occurring between November and March. The average elevation is 800m (2,600feet) above sea level.
The economy is based on agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries.
See Sepin
Agricultural data for 2006
The municipality is one of the main tourist attractions in the state of Goiás. In the Serra do Caiapó immense stone walls extend for several kilometers. Inscriptions on the stone indicate to some the existence of a pre-Columbian civilization but to others the rocks are natural formations sculpted by the wind or the result of shaping caused by waves when this region was under the sea. Visitors describe a city of stone, with buildings, objects, and animals carved out by the forces of mother nature.
The Ecological Park of Paraúna is one of the most visited points of ecological tourism in the region. The park has a mission to protect the natural environment of the region, such as the sandstone formations, caverns and a subterranean river.
The first name of the settlement, which appeared in the beginning of the nineteenth century, was Bota Fumaça (Fire Belcher) and then became São José do Turvo, due to the Turvo River. The present name, given in 1930, is of tupi-guarani origin. "Para" means river and "Una" means black. The town was elevated to the condition of municipality in 1934.
Ranking on the Municipal Human Development Index
Data are from 2000. For the complete list see Frigoletto.com