Araguari
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- Settlement.name
- Araguari
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- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Araguari
- Settlement.nickname
- Cidade Sorriso
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- Prefeitura de Araguari.jpg
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- Bandeira-araguari-certa.jpg
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- Brasao_Araguari.jpg
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- MinasGerais Municip Araguari.svg
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- Location in Minas Gerais
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- Country
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- Region
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- State
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- Southeast
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- Mayor
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- Renato Carvalho Fernandes
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- Founded
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- Geography
- Rivers
- Climate
- Distances from major cities
- Main highways serving the municipality
- Demographics
- Economy
- Occupation of the population by sectors
- Enterprises
- Farm data for 2006
- Main permanent crops in planted area in 2006
- Main perennial crops in planted area in 2006
- Livestock raising in 2006
- Health and education
- Culture
- Tourism
- History
- See also
- References
- External links (in Portuguese)
Araguari is a municipality in western Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is in the northern Triângulo Mineiro region, on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation between . The municipality of Araguari has an area of , with in the urban zone and in the rural zone. The population in 2020 was 117,825, making it the third-most important city in the Triângulo Mineiro, after Uberlândia and Uberaba. Araguari has also been one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil, growing more than the rest of the country in proportion.
==Geography== ===Rivers=== Rivers that water the municipality are Rio Araguari, Ribeirão das Araras, Corrego Grande, Ribeirão Jordão, and Ribeirão Piçarrão. The Paranaíba in the north forms the boundary with the state of Goiás. There are many waterfalls and rapids (128 according to one source), giving the area a great potential in tourism.