Rio Vermelho Microregion

The micro- region of Rio Vermelho is a total of 18 micro-regions of the state of Goiás in the Midwest of Brazil. It belongs to mesoregion Northwest Goiás. Namesake is the Rio Vermelho, in the southeast of Goiás Velho flows through starting at the entire region in the center to the northwest and flows on the north- western border in the Rio Araguaia.

The main town is Goiás Velho, until 1937, the former capital of Goiás. Because of its historic center with many Baroque buildings from the 18th century, the city was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2002.

In the southeast the landscape of the Serra Dourada is embossed. The highest elevation is in the south of Goiás Velho with 1056 m. North-west of this mountain range, the hilly Rio Araguaia - level extends to the lowest point in the region of 286 m at Aruanã.

  • Table 2.1: GDP by town in Rio Vermelho, 2007
  • 2.2 Agriculture 2.2.1 Table: crop yield per municipality in Rio Vermelho, 2008

Geographical location

Surrounding micro and mesoregions

The micro- region of Rio Vermelho is adjacent to the micro-regions ( mesoregions ):

  • In the north of São Miguel do Araguaia ( Northwest Goiás)
  • To the east of Ceres and Anápolis ( Central Goiás)
  • On the southeast by Anicuns ( Central Goiás)
  • In the south of Iporá ( Central Goiás)
  • In the southwest of Aragarcas ( Northwest Goiás)
  • In the north- west by Medio Araguaia (northeast Mato Grosso )

See also Table of meso-and micro-regions in Goiás.

Communities

At the micro- region of Rio Vermelho include the following nine municipalities with 46 villages / settlements ( Portuguese: distritos, Subdistritos ).

Economy

The economy is characterized mainly by agriculture. The industrial sector consists mainly of small businesses.

Table: GDP per municipality in Rio Vermelho, 2007

The following table shows the gross domestic product (GDP ) at current prices for the three sectors of the economy, GDP and total ranking of municipalities in Goiás, population and GDP per capita for 2007 ( in thousands of R $).

Agriculture

The agriculture in the Rio Vermelho is strongly influenced by

  • Agriculture
  • Cattle breeding

In agriculture, especially maize, cassava and rice is grown with a share of the total Brazilian production of approximately 0.4 %, 5.3 %, or 3.6%. Are grown to a lesser extent soy and beans. The cultivation of pineapple in 2008 reached about 1.6 % of the Brazilian pineapple production.

Table: crop yield per municipality in Rio Vermelho, 2008

Tourist Destinations

  • Goiás Velho
  • Aruanã
  • Nature reserve Serra Dourada in Goiás Velho
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