Coordinates: 9°23′52″S 43°41′13″W / 9.39778°S 43.6869°W / -9.39778; -43.6869

Guaribas

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Guaribas
Municipality
Location in Piauí
Location in Piauí
CountryFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
RegionNordeste
StatePiauí
MesoregionSudoeste Piauiense
Government
 • MayorJoércio Matias de Andrade (MDB)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
4,568
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

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]

Geography

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE 2020
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