São Romão is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais . In 2020 the population was 12,529 in a total area of 2,432 km². It became a municipality in 1943.
15-496: Guaiba, an extinct Jê language , was once spoken on Guaiba Island in the São Francisco River near the city of São Romão. São Romão is located on the left bank of the São Francisco River at an elevation of 480 meters. It is north of the nearest population center, Pirapora . Montes Claros is to the southeast. Neighboring municipalities are: Riachinho , Santa Fé de Minas , Pintópolis , and Icaraí de Minas . São Romão
30-520: A number of similar knockdown (KD) riverboat steamers built for South American service. This boat was originally named Gaiola, and the original owner was Julio Guimaraes. It originally navigated the rivers of the Amazon basin . In the 1920s Benjamim Guimarães moved to the port of Pirapora on the Sao Francisco River. Benjamim Guimarães is the only functioning steam paddle boat in all of Brazil. It
45-413: A total agricultural area of 57,000 hectares, of which 38,000 ha. were planted, 14,000 were in natural pasture, and 13,000 ha. were in woodland or forest. 2,800 people were dependent on farming. 107 of the farms had tractors. In 2006 there were 9,600 head of cattle. With irrigation Pirapora has become a major producer of tropical fruits, growing eating grapes, papaya, mangoes, cantaloupe, and guava. There
60-476: Is also production on a smaller scale of corn, beans, rice, manioc, tomatoes, lettuce, and bananas. According to the city government site, Pirapora is the second most important city in the north of Minas, after Montes Claros, in industrial output. There is an industrial park where several small and medium industries are installed. Iron silicon, metallic silicon, and textiles are produced. In 2005 there were 39 health establishments—25 public and 14 private. There
75-558: Is part of the statistical microregion of Pirapora. It is located 595 km from the capital of the state ( Belo Horizonte ). On 26 September 2023, a maximum temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) was registered in São Romão. The most important economic activities are cattle raising (41,000 head in 2006) and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was R$ 34,260,000. The most important agricultural crops are bananas, oranges, mangoes, rice, sugarcane, beans and corn. There were 233 automobiles. In
90-497: The piracema season when a mass migration of fishes ascends the São Francisco River to spawn. Pirapora belongs to its own statistical microregion. The elevation of the municipal seat is 472 meters. It became a municipality in 1912. This municipality is located on the right bank of the São Francisco River and is 340 km from the state capital. Neighboring municipalities are: Lagoa Grande , Coromandel , Guarda-Mor , Lagamar and Paracatu . There are two districts, besides
105-611: The Municipal Human Development Index was 0.758. Pirapora was ranked 235 out of 853 municipalities in the state, with Poços de Caldas in first place with 0.841 and Setubinha in last place with 0.568. Benjamim Guimar%C3%A3es Benjamim Guimarães is a steam paddle boat based in Pirapora , Minas Gerais , Brazil . It was built at Pittsburgh in the United States by James Rees and Company in 1913, one of
120-409: The great São Francisco River , the longest river to flow entirely inside Brazilian territory. Its history goes back to the colonial period of the bandeirantes and the gold panhandlers who followed the river upstream, arrived at the rapids of Pirapora and founded the settlement of São Gonçalo das Tabocas. In 1911 the small Arraial de São Gonçalo de Pirapora became the seat of a municipality and its name
135-462: The line to the coast. At the end of the nineteen seventies the line was deactivated, but the bridge and the rails still remain. Today the river has lost its economic importance and is mainly used by tourist boats that attempt to recreate the spirit of the past, when Mississippi style riverboats were used to go as far as Juazeiro in Bahia. These boats used charcoal, which contributed to the disappearance of
150-415: The municipal seat: Claro de Minas, 12 km. distant, and Vazamor, 32 km. distant. The statistical microregion of Pirapora includes 9 cities: Buritizeiro , Várzea da Palma , Ibiaí , Jequitaí , São Romão , Lassance , Riachinho , Santa Fé de Minas and Lagoa dos Patos . It has an area of 23,111 km2 and a population of approximately 150,000 inhabitants. The city is located on the right bank of
165-459: The rural area there were 576 producers. The total area of agricultural land was 129,000 hectares in 2006, of which 5,800 ha. were planted in crops. As of 2006 there were 86 tractors. In the urban area there was one banking agency in 2006. This municipality is isolated from major population centers and suffers from drought and poor soils. The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000
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#1732854666881180-464: The vegetation along the river. One of the old paddle wheel steamboats, the Benjamim Guimarães , can still be seen anchored in front of the city and is a major tourist site. The main economic activities are industry, cattle raising, farming (both extensive mechanized and subsistence), goods and services, and tourism. The GDP for 2005 was R$ 662,985,000. In the rural area there were 605 farms and
195-566: Was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. Pirapora Pirapora is a municipality in northcentral Minas Gerais in Brazil . The population is 56,640 (2020 est.) in an area of 550 km². The name Pirapora comes from the Tupi words for "fish" + "jump", referring to
210-486: Was 01 public hospital and 02 private hospitals. The number of hospital beds was 133. The Centro Regional de Saúde da Visão is a public clinic that specializes in eye surgery and attracts patients from all over the north of Minas Gerais. In 2007 there were three institutes of higher learning in the city: Instituto Educacional Santo Agostinho (private), União de Ensino de Minas Gerais Ltda (private), and UNIMONTES-Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros (public). The score on
225-464: Was shortened to Pirapora. Its street plan was laid out in the form of a chess set, inspired by the new capital of Belo Horizonte, and the streets were given names of Brazilian states. There are highway connections with the main federal highway, the BR 040, to the west. In 1910 the railroad came up from the south and reached Pirapora, with a bridge (694 m) being built across the river. There were plans to extend
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