Jaraguá is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil . It is a regional center and a producer of agricultural products, clothing, and cattle.
14-675: (Redirected from Jaragua ) Jaraguá or Jaragua may refer to: Places [ edit ] Jaraguá, Goiás , a city in Brazil Jaraguá do Sul , a city in Santa Catarina State, Brazil Jaraguá (district of São Paulo) , Brazil Villa Jaragua , a city in the Baoruco province, Dominican Republic Jaragua, Hispaniola , a cacicazgo in the island of Hispaniola Sports [ edit ] Associação Desportiva Jaraguá ,
28-589: A Brazilian futsal club Arena Jaraguá , an arena in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil Other uses [ edit ] Jaraguá (CPTM) , a railway station in the district of Jaraguá in São Paulo, Brazil Jaragua National Park , a national park in the Dominican Republic Pico do Jaraguá , a mountain in São Paulo, Brazil Hyparrhenia rufa or jaragua, a species of grass Topics referred to by
42-516: 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
56-408: 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
70-461: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jaragu%C3%A1, Goi%C3%A1s 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 ,
84-508: The area but these have run out. There are several small clothing industries in the town. In the economic sector there were 33 industrial units in 2007 and 29 retail commerce units. There were 288 automobiles registered in 2007. The cattle herd had 25,700 head (5,700 milk cows) in 2006, while the main crops cultivated were pineapple, rice, bananas, coffee, beans, manioc, corn, tomatoes, and soybeans. Agricultural data 2006 In 2006 there were 2 schools with 968 students. The adult literacy rate
98-616: The history in Portuguese. Taquaral de Goi%C3%A1s Taquaral de Goiás ( Portuguese: [takwaˈɾaw dʒi ɡoˈjas] ) is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil . Taquaral is located approximately 100 km northwest of regional center, Anápolis . It is 22 km west of Santa Rosa de Goiás and 25 km east of Itaberaí . Highway connections from Goiânia are made by state highway GO-070 from Goiânia north to Goianira , past Inhumas , and Itauçu and then GO-154 for 16 kilometers. Taquaral has become one of
112-646: The most important clusters of lingerie in the State of Goiás. Every year thousands of people flock to the city to buy its production of fine lingerie in order to sell it within Goiás, in other states, and even abroad. See Sepin for all the state connections. Neighboring municipalities are Itaberaí , Itaguari , Santa Rosa de Goiás , and Itauçu The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small transformation industries. Formerly there were nickel and manganese mines in
126-542: 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 There were 33 schools in activity with 10,514 teachers. There
140-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jaraguá . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaraguá&oldid=1074184831 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
154-479: 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 Goianésia , Itaguari , Itaguaru , Jesúpolis , Pirenópolis , Rianápolis , Santa Isabel , Santa Rosa de Goiás , São Francisco de Goiás , Taquaral de Goiás and Uruana . Today Jaraguá has
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#1732776773847168-502: Was 84.6% (2000) (national average was 86.4%). In the health sector there were 2 small hospitals with 41 beds (2007). The infant mortality rate was 28.84 (2000) (national average was 33). On the Municipal Human Development Index Taquaral de Goiás scored 0.726 (2000) giving it a state ranking of 158 (out of 242 municipalities) and a national ranking of 2,506 (out of 5,507 municipalities). For
182-407: Was a campus of UEG - Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Humanas e Exatas de Jaraguá The literacy Rate was 86.6%. Municipal Human Development Index All data are from 2000 For the complete list see frigoletto.com.br 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
196-475: 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
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