Guaribas

Guaribas is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6]

Guaribas
Municipality
Location in Piauí
Location in Piauí
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StatePiauí
MesoregionSudoeste Piauiense
Government
 • MayorJoércio Matias de Andrade (MDB)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total4,568
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Geography

The municipality contains part of the 823,843 hectares (2,035,760 acres) Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

The current mayor of Guaribas is Joércio Matias de Andrade, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).[11]

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. Clendenning, Alan (May 25, 2003). "Revolution's Slow Start in Brazil". Washington Post. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  7. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-09
  8. Operação combate caça em corredor ecológico no Piauí (in Portuguese), ICMBio, 25 July 2012, retrieved 2016-11-04
  9. Conconi, Augusto; do Lago, Cecília do Lago; Shalders, André (2022-09-17). "Berço do Bolsa Família é esquecido pelo Congresso". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  10. Marreiros, Lucas (2022-10-31). "Município símbolo do Fome Zero, Guaribas, no PI, comemora vitória de Lula com a maior votação do país: 93%". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  11. "No Piauí, prefeito é investigado após furar fila da vacina e postar nas redes". Época (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2022-11-10.

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