Aragarças

Aragarças is the most important town in the Aragarças Microregion. It is 410 km from the state capital, Goiânia on the confluence of two important rivers, the Garças and the Araguaia River.

Highway connections with Goiânia are made by GO-060 / Trindade / Turvânia / Israelândia / Iporá / Piranhas / BR-158 / Bom Jardim de Goiás.

Municipal boundaries are with:

• North and Northwest: Araguaia River
• South and West: Baliza and Bom Jardim de Goiás
• East: Montes Claros de Goiás and Bom Jardim de Goiás

It is separated from Barra do Garças in Mato Grosso by a bridge over the Araguaia River. The main highway connections are made by BR-158, BR-70, GO-194 and GO-060.

• Population density: 24.11 inhabitants/km² (2007)
• Population growth rate 2000/2007: 0.48.%
• Urban population in 2007: 16,776
• Rural population in 2007: 380
• Eligible voters: 12,305 (12/2007)
• City government in 2005: mayor (Marcos Antônio de Oliveira), vice-mayor (Osmar Rezende), and 09 councilmembers

Aragarças Airport is a small airfield that serves mainly private aircraft with one single paved runway. The airfield has no terminal building with just a small hangar. The closest airport is Barra do Garcas Airport SBBW.

The municipality is served by three major roads:

• Federal Highway 70
• Goiás State Highway GO-194
• Federal Highway 158

The main economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and tourism.

The population was employed in transformation industries, commerce (174 units), hotels and restaurants, and public administration (297 workers). The informal economy is also very strong.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

In recent years{{when|date=July 2017}} tourism has become one of the main sources of income, driven by the natural environment of the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} It is one of the most visited touristic points in the state, especially in the months of June and July, when enormous sandbanks are exposed on the Araguaia River, creating kilometers of pristine beaches.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The Araguaia is a sought after location for sport fishing.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

There were 26,500 cattle registered in 2006. The main agricultural products were rice and corn. There was also production of charcoal and hardwoods.

• infant mortality rate: 24.58
• literacy rate: 88.2% (2000)
• health establishments: 06
• hospitals: 01 (2007)
• hospital beds: 31
• schools: 17 (2006)
• students: 5,538
• HDI-M: 0.748
• State ranking: 81 (out of 242 municipalities)
• National ranking: 1,941 (out of 5,507 municipalities)

The first penetration into the region now occupied by Aragarças occurred in 1872 by a group of prospectors seeking diamonds from Mato Grosso. They were massacred by the Bororó Indians who lived in the area. In 1933 the news that an enormous diamond had been discovered brought droves of prospectors. In the 1950s Aragarça, the name given to the settlement and made up of the name of the Araguaia River and its tributary the Garças, was the center of the government campaign to open up the east of Mato Grosso. A hotel was built to house visitors and a residential area to house the government workers involved in the project. Other improvements were the building of an airstrip and a concrete bridge over the Araguaia River. Araguaia became a district of Baliza in 1951 and a municipality in 1953.

Aragarças experiences a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with hot temperatures and distinct wet and dry seasons.

The city experiences a wet season from October to March. The dry season extends from May to September.

Aragarças has hot conditions throughout the year. September and October, before the wet season, are the hottest months, with average highs around {{convert|36|C|abbr=on}}.

{{Weather box

| width = auto

| collapsed = yes

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| location = Aragarças (1991–2020)

| Jan high C = 31.9

| Feb high C = 32.1

| Mar high C = 32.5

| Apr high C = 33.0

| May high C = 32.5

| Jun high C = 32.5

| Jul high C = 33.1

| Aug high C = 35.4

| Sep high C = 36.5

| Oct high C = 35.4

| Nov high C = 33.0

| Dec high C = 32.2

| year high C = 33.3

| Jan mean C = 26.2

| Feb mean C = 26.2

| Mar mean C = 26.3

| Apr mean C = 26.4

| May mean C = 24.8

| Jun mean C = 23.6

| Jul mean C = 23.4

| Aug mean C = 25.7

| Sep mean C = 28.0

| Oct mean C = 28.3

| Nov mean C = 26.8

| Dec mean C = 26.3

| year mean C = 26.0

| Jan low C = 22.1

| Feb low C = 22.1

| Mar low C = 22.0

| Apr low C = 21.4

| May low C = 18.7

| Jun low C = 16.4

| Jul low C = 15.5

| Aug low C = 17.3

| Sep low C = 20.6

| Oct low C = 22.4

| Nov low C = 22.2

| Dec low C = 22.1

| year low C = 20.2

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 298.7

| Feb precipitation mm = 213.2

| Mar precipitation mm = 207.4

| Apr precipitation mm = 88.5

| May precipitation mm = 21.4

| Jun precipitation mm = 10.7

| Jul precipitation mm = 5.5

| Aug precipitation mm = 6.9

| Sep precipitation mm = 32.8

| Oct precipitation mm = 118.1

| Nov precipitation mm = 198.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 249.3

| year precipitation mm = 1450.9

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 18.2

| Feb precipitation days = 14.9

| Mar precipitation days = 13.4

| Apr precipitation days = 6.6

| May precipitation days = 1.7

| Jun precipitation days = 0.7

| Jul precipitation days = 0.5

| Aug precipitation days = 0.6

| Sep precipitation days = 3.5

| Oct precipitation days = 8.3

| Nov precipitation days = 13.4

| Dec precipitation days = 17.4

| year precipitation days = 99.2

| Jan humidity = 79.4

| Feb humidity = 78.9

| Mar humidity = 78.7

| Apr humidity = 74.5

| May humidity = 69.9

| Jun humidity = 64.7

| Jul humidity = 57.3

| Aug humidity = 48.7

| Sep humidity = 50.8

| Oct humidity = 62.4

| Nov humidity = 74.2

| Dec humidity = 78.6

| year humidity = 68.2

| Jan dew point C = 22.7

| Feb dew point C = 22.7

| Mar dew point C = 22.8

| Apr dew point C = 22.2

| May dew point C = 19.9

| Jun dew point C = 17.7

| Jul dew point C = 15.9

| Aug dew point C = 15.5

| Sep dew point C = 17.8

| Oct dew point C = 20.9

| Nov dew point C = 22.2

| Dec dew point C = 22.7

| year dew point C = 20.3

| Jan sun = 152.3

| Feb sun = 149.6

| Mar sun = 184.8

| Apr sun = 220.4

| May sun = 250.4

| Jun sun = 254.5

| Jul sun = 274.8

| Aug sun = 275.8

| Sep sun = 209.6

| Oct sun = 189.6

| Nov sun = 155.7

| Dec sun = 141.7

| year sun = 2459.2

| source 1 = NOAA{{cite web

|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-3-WMO-Normals-9120/Brazil/CSV/ARAGARCAS_83368.csv

|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Aragarças

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date = January 29, 2024}}

}}

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