|}Jaraguá is a small city and municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. It is a regional center and a producer of agricultural products, clothing, and cattle.
Location and Connections
Considered to be the national capital of the clothing industry, Jaraguá is in the Vale do São Patrício on the important Belém-Brasília highway (BR-153). It is 124 km from the state capital of Goiânia and 230 km from the federal capital of Brasília. Anápolis, the second largest city in the state of Goiás, lies 90 km. to the south.
Today it has a solid economy based on agriculture, cattle raising and the clothing industry. In agriculture Jaraguá produces pineapple, watermelon, corn, rice, and beans. In cattle raising it has one of the largest herds of cattle in the state (170,590 in 2003) and is a leader in milk and dairy product production with 32,000 milking cows. Jaraguá is the largest producer of pineapple in the state of Goiás, with most of the product being exported to São Paulo.
The clothing industry is responsible for the presence of over 400 small factories. Everything began in the 1970s with the arrival of the Pereira da Silva family, who were modest tailors. Today the clothes manufactured here are known all over the country with salespersons arriving to buy up stock and resell it in the large urban centers of the south.
Economic Data
*Number of Industrial Establishments: 360 (10/06/2005) *Industrial District: (Sept/2004) *Distilleries: (June/2005) *Meat-packing Plants/Egg collection: (07/06/2005) *Dairies: - Conceição Fleury de Bastos.; - Fleury e Pinto Ltda. (07/06/2005) *Banking Establishments: - - Banco do Brasil S.A. - BRADESCO S.A. - Banco Itaú S.A. - CEF - HSBC Bank Brasil S.A._Banco Multiplo. *Number of Retail Commercial Establishments: 265 (April/2005) *Motor vehicles: 2,745 automobiles, 195 trucks, 154 pickup trucks, and 1,226 motorcycles. (2004) *GDP: (R$ 1,000.00) 150.850 (2003) *GDP: per capita (R$ 1.00) 4.270 (2003) *GDP by sectors in 2002 (R$ 1,000.00): 37.251 (Agriculture), 31.827 (Industry), 58.739 (Services) *Ranking of GDP in state (2002): 44
*Schools in activity: 31 *Classrooms: 219 *Teachers: 409 *Total Students: 10,244 *Students in pre-school education: 1,361 *Students in Primary Level: 6,544 *Students in Secondary Level: 1,733 *Students in Special Education: 98 *Students in Adult Education: 451 *Students in Professional Education: 0 *Students in Nursery School: 57 *Higher education: UEG - Faculdade Estadual de Ciências Humanas e Exatas de Jaraguá *Literacy Rate: 86.6%
(2000) *Total: 9,248 *Earning up to 1 minimum salary: 2,841 *More than 1 to 2: 2,771 *More than 2 to 3: 845 *More than 3 to 5: 835 *More than 5 to 10: 689 *More than 10 to 15: 197 *More than 15 to 20: 110 *More than 20 to 30: 53 *More than 30: 73 *No income: 834
