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Piracanjuba () is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a big producer of orchids, milk products, and soybeans. Piracanjuba is also the name of a fish (Brycon orbignyanus) common to the waters of the Plata River basin.

Key facts

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Piracanjuba
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Municipality
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Location in Goiás state
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Brazil
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Location in Brazil
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Country
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Brazil
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Central-West
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State
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Goiás
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Microregion
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Meia Ponte Microregion
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Metrop. region

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Origin of the name
  • Political Information
  • Demographic Information
  • Economic Information
  • Education (2006)
  • Health (2007)
  • Tourism
  • Media
  • See also
  • References

Piracanjuba () is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a big producer of orchids, milk products, and soybeans. Piracanjuba is also the name of a fish (Brycon orbignyanus) common to the waters of the Plata River basin.

==Location== Piracanjuba is located southeast of Goiânia. It is in the valley of the Piracanjuba River, which flows to south to join the Paranaíba. The important BR-153 highway lies 23 km. to the west.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piracanjuba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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