Itumbiara

Itumbiara is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion southern Goiás and in the micro-region Meia Ponte. It is located southwest of the Brazilian capital Brasília and Goiânia south of the capital.

The municipality also includes the villages of Itumbiara Santa Rosa da Meia Ponte, Campo Limpo and Sarandi.

Geographical location

Itumbiara is located on the longitudinally extending federal highway BR -153 ( Portuguese: Rodovia Trans-Brazilian Highway ) 197 km south of Goiânia on the border with the state of Minas Gerais, north of the river Rio Paranaíba and west of the dam of the reservoir Itumbiara.

Itumbiara borders the municipalities ( micro-region ):

  • To the north by Panama and selectively on Goiatuba (both in Meia Ponte )
  • In the northeast of Buriti Alegre ( Meia Ponte )
  • On the southeast by Tupaciguara (Uberlândia, MG)
  • In the south of Araporã, Centralina, Canápolis (all in Uberlândia, MG), Cachoeira Dourada ( Ituiutaba, MG)
  • In the southwest of Cachoeira Dourada and Inaciolândia (both in Meia Ponte )
  • In the northwest of Bom Jesus de Goiás ( Meia Ponte )

Hydrographic

The Rio Paranaíba forms the southern border of the State of Minas Gerais Itumbiara with the following tributaries on the territory of Itumbiara:

Economy

It is very significant in Itumbiara the agricultural economy, especially the cultivation of corn, soybeans, rice, sorghum, sugar cane and cotton. Equally strong is the livestock (poultry, cattle, pigs ) and milk production and processing widespread.

History

Itumbiara was established in 1824, when at the initiative of the then commander of Goiás, Cunha Matos, proposed connecting road between the mining town of Uberaba in Minas Gerais and the city Anhanguera was completed on border river Paranaíba to Goiás. Thanks to favorable conditions for agriculture and cattle raising, the area was populated and the government established at this point a customs station. Soon the chapel of Santa Rita was built, so that the place " Porto de Santa Rita ", was popularly called short only " Porto ".

During the government of President Afonso Pena in 1909 the still existing suspension bridge was opened across the river Paranaíba and Santa Rita do Paranaíba was elevated to a parish. The engineer Inácio Pais Leme, designer of the 40-km road between Santa Rita do Paranaíba and Cachoeira Dourada, launched in 1943 with the idea to rename the church in " Itumbiara ", which in the Tupi - Guarani language " caminho da cachoeira " ( German: Off means the waterfall ). This proposal was approved by the government and implemented as of December 31, 1943.

In 1966, the city became the seat of the diocese was Itumbiara.

Famous people

  • Dante Guimaraes Amaral, volleyball player
  • Zé Roberto, football player
  • Jussara Marques, Brazilian Beauty Queen 1949

Twinning

  • Brazil Brazil - Quirinópolis ( Goiás)
  • Brazil Brazil - Rio Verde ( Goiás)
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