Mineiros
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 Location of Mineiros in Goiás |
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| Coordinates: 17°34′13″S 52°33′19″W / 17.57028°S 52.55528°WCoordinates: 17°34′13″S 52°33′19″W / 17.57028°S 52.55528°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Central-West |
| State | Goiás |
| Founded | October 31, 1939 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Agenor Rezende (PMDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,896.304 km2 (3,434.882 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 52 964 |
| • Density | 5,9/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) |
| Website | www.mineiros.go.gov.br |
Mineiros is a municipality in the southwest of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Mineiros is the westernmost city in Goiás and a great producer of cattle, soybeans, and corn, and has a population of 52,964 inhabitants.
Mineiros is located 430 km from the state capital, Goiânia, and is connected to the large town of Jataí by BR 364. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by BR-060 / Abadia de Goiás / Guapó / Indiara / Acreúna / Rio Verde / Jataí / GO-050 / BR-364. See Sepin
It is one of the largest municipalities in the state and also one of the oldest. It is part of the IBGE statistical microregion of Sudoeste de Goiás.
The name "Mineiros" comes from the first explorers who were from Minas Gerais. They settled in the region around 1873, building huts, ranch houses, churches, and chapels for saints.
One of these settlers, who became known as "João Mineiro, because of his origin in Minas Gerais, was supposedly the first European to settle on the banks of a stream, a tributary of the Verdinho River, which soon was called the stream of the "Mineiro". This stream is the Mineiros stream today.
The first official name was "Mineiro" when the settlement became a "vila" (old name for municipality) in 1905. In 1933 the name was changed to Mineiros as it appears today.
The population density was 5.08 inhabitants/km² in 2007. The population has more than doubled since 1980, when it was 21,690. While the urban area has increased dramatically, surprisingly the rural area has lost little population in the last 25 years, having 4,506 inhabitants in 2007. The population increased 2.12.% between 2000 and 2007.
Considered one of the most prosperous regions of Brazilian agribusiness, the municipality of Mineiros is a great producer of soybeans, corn, sorghum and cotton, as well as beef and dairy cattle. It is the third largest producer of grains in the state. In an axis of 100 kilometers from the city there are fields producing more than 1 million tons a year of soybeans and sorghum. Because of this the city has large grain storage facilities.
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