Araguari

Araguari is a municipality in the west of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the northern part of the Triângulo Mineiro region. It lies on the Jordão River, a tributary of the Paranaíba River, at an elevation of roughly 940 to 1,087 metres, and covers about 2,774 square kilometres, of which some 54 are urban. Its 2020 population was 117,825, which made it the third most important city of the Triângulo Mineiro after Uberlândia and Uberaba. Settlement began in the early nineteenth century around a small village called Brejo Alegre; the place became a district in 1843, a town in 1882 and a city in 1888, taking the name Araguari. The railroad arrived in 1896 and was extended into Goiás in 1906, and the city remains a major railroad junction. The economy rests on cattle, grain, citrus and a growing coffee sector, with an industrial park for metallurgy and agro-industry.