Guaribas

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Guaribas is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | access-date=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=pt }}{{cite web|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |date=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2008 }} Described as a "farming outpost five hours from the nearest paved, two-lane highway", Guaribas is considered one of the poorest municipalities in the country.{{Cite web |last=Clendenning |first=Alan |date=May 25, 2003 |title=Revolution's Slow Start in Brazil |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/05/25/revolutions-slow-start-in-brazil/b3055125-959c-42f8-a74c-ab09ba2ed32b/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=Washington Post}}

Geography

The municipality contains part of the {{convert|823843|ha}} Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=146|access-date=2016-06-09}}

The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Operação combate caça em corredor ecológico no Piauí}}|language=pt

|title=Operação combate caça em corredor ecológico no Piauí|date=25 July 2012|publisher=ICMBio

|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/ultimas-noticias/20-geral/3157-operacao-combate-caca-em-corredor-ecologico-no-piaui|access-date=2016-11-04}}

Demographics

Living standards in Gauribas have been compared to that of low-income African countries by O Estado de S. Paulo. In 2003, the city was the testing ground for the Bolsa Família social program.{{Cite web |last=Conconi |first=Augusto |last2=do Lago |first2=Cecília do Lago |last3=Shalders |first3=André |date=2022-09-17 |title=Berço do Bolsa Família é esquecido pelo Congresso |url=https://www.estadao.com.br/politica/capital-do-bolsa-familia-e-esquecida-pelo-congresso/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Estadão |language=pt-br}}

Politics

In the 2022 Brazilian general election, Guaribas gave Workers' Party candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva his highest share of the vote in the country, with Lula receiving 93% of the vote in the municipality.{{Cite web |last=Marreiros |first=Lucas |date=2022-10-31 |title=Município símbolo do Fome Zero, Guaribas, no PI, comemora vitória de Lula com a maior votação do país: 93% |url=https://g1.globo.com/pi/piaui/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/10/31/municipio-simbolo-do-fome-zero-guaribas-no-pi-comemora-vitoria-de-lula-com-a-maior-votacao-do-pais-93percent.ghtml |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}

The current mayor of Guaribas is Joércio Matias de Andrade, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=No Piauí, prefeito é investigado após furar fila da vacina e postar nas redes |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/epoca/brasil/no-piaui-prefeito-investigado-apos-furar-fila-da-vacina-postar-nas-redes-24863761 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Época |language=pt-BR}}

See also

References

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{{Municipalities of Piauí}}

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