Santa Rita do Araguaia
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city, municipality
Santa Rita do Araguaia is a small town and municipality in southwestern Goiás state, Brazil. The origin of Santa Rita do Araguaia, located on the right bank of the Rio Araguaia, opposite the city of Alto Araguaia in Mato Grosso, was the Araguaia ranch, bought in 1854 by José Manoel Vilela. He reserved a large area for a settlement called Santa Rita dos Impossíveis. Later the name was changed to Santa Rita do Araguaia. In 1911 it became a district in the municipality of Mineiros. In 1943 the name was changed to "Ivapé", an Indigenous word meaning "road of fruit". In 1953 the town became a municipality with its present name.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rita_do_Araguaia
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Coordinates: 17°14'58"S 53°3'56"W
- Jataí 80 km
- Chapadão do Céu 93 km
- Rio Verde 143 km
- Palestina de Goiás 172 km
- Ivolândia 200 km
- Cachoeira Alta 225 km
- Carneirinho 326 km
- Pereira Barreto 401 km
- Valparaiso 457 km
- Guia Lopes da Laguna 558 km
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