Rubiataba

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Rubiataba is a small city and municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil.

1 Important Facts
2 Location
3 Characteristics
4 Economy
5 History
6 Municipal Human Development Index
7 See also
8 Sources of Data
9 External links

[edit] Important Facts

Population (2000): 18,083
Urban population: 15,204
Rural population: 2,879
Area: 809 km²
Microregion: Ceres Microregion
Distance from Goiânia: 235 km
Distance from Ceres: 45 km
Elevation: 800 meters
Access from Goiânia: GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / Rianápolis / Rialma / GO-434 / Nova Glória. See Seplan

[edit] Location

Neighboring municipalities are:

north: Nova América and Itapuranga
south: Morro Agudo de Goiás and São Patrício
east: Ceres
west: Araguapaz

[edit] Characteristics

It is a municipality that was planned by the government and is one of the few settlements in the state that was already declared a city in the beginning of its existence.

A curious fact is that the streets of the town have names of fruit trees.

The climate is mild with an average temperature of 25 °C. The most important rivers are the São Patrício and the Rio Novo.

[edit] Economy

Cattle raising is important with a big production of milk and dairy products. There are plantations of rice, beans, manioc, sugarcane, and corn. The size of the cattle herd is 69,000. Areas dedicated to agricultural products are:

rice 12 km²
sugarcane 30 km²
watermelon 0.5 km²
manioc 0.5 km²
beans 1 km²
corn 30 km²

All data are from IBGE

There are several brickworks and lumber mills. The number of small furniture factories give the town the name "furniture capital" of the state. There is also a large factory producing alcohol for fuel from the abundant sugarcane plantations.

[edit] History

Rubiataba began in 1949 when the government of Getúlio Vargas decided to create an agricultural center in the region. The place had a good climate, with abundance of water and fertile soils. The first idea was to plant coffee. The name, ""Rubiataba" is a hybrid of "rubia", from rubiacea, and "taba", which means village. Seventy square kilometres were set aside for the future town, which was the first rural planned town in the country. It became a municipality in 1953.