Aporé

History

The history of Aporé begins in the twentieth century near a site where a village, Arraial do Corrente, already existed. With the decadence of this settlement rancher João Nunes founded a settlement nearby on the banks of the Aporé River. Lands were donated to erect a chapel to the Divino Espírito Santo and a bridge was built over the river, allowing communications with Mato Grosso. In 1938 the first houses appeared and the village was named Aporé after the river, a name which means "river of fish". In 1958 Aporé became a municipality.

Geography

Aporé is 445 quilômetros from the state capital, Goiânia, near the boundary with the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It is linked by highways BR-060 / Guapó / Indiara / Rio Verde / GO-174 / GO-422 / GO-206 / Caçu / GO-178 / Itajá / GO-302. (Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205080546/http://www.seplan.go.gov.br/sepin/pub/anuario/2005/transporte/tab01_transporte.htm Sepin]) It is part of the Sudoeste de Goiás Microregion. Municipal boundaries are with Serranópolis, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Itajá, and Chapadão do Céu. The climate is tropical humid, with average temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C. The average elevation is 500 meters above sea level. Important rivers are the Aporé, which forms the boundary between the states of Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul, the Corrente, the Peixe and the Prata. Districts, Villages, and Hamlets *Villages: Itumirim

Most-observed species

• Picazuro Pigeon

  Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves
  17
• Toco Toucan

  Ramphastos toco P.L.S.Müller, 1776 · Aves
  16
• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

  Brotogeris chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  16
• Ruddy Ground-Dove

  Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) · Aves
  16
• Short-crested Flycatcher

  Myiarchus ferox (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  15
• Roadside Hawk

  Rupornis magnirostris (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  15
• Turquoise-fronted Parrot

  Amazona aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14
• Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

  Camptostoma obsoletum (Temminck, 1824) · Aves
  14