Mambaí

History

The settlement began in the 19th century when settlers from the state of Bahia came looking for rubber produced by the mangabeira tree. The village that appeared took the name Riachão. After the building of a chapel and the passing of muleteers heading to Bahia the settlement began to grow. Soon the name was changed to Mambaí and it became a district of the municipality of Posse. The origin of the name is unknown. In 1958 it was dismembered from Posse and became an autonomous municipality.

Geography

Mambaí is one of the most isolated cities in the state of Goiás. It lies in the Vão do Paranã statistical micro-region less than 20 kilometers from the border with the state of Bahia. It is 61 kilometers to the main interstate highway, the BR-020, which links Brasília to Salvador. It is 250 kilometers to Brasília. The distance to the state capital of Goiânia is 512 kilometers. Municipal boundaries are with Posse, Buritinópolis, Damianópolis, and the state of Bahia. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by taking BR-153 / Anápolis / Alexânia / BR-060 / Planaltina / Formosa / BR-020 / Simolândia / GO-236. The population decreased 8.37.% from 1991 to 1996 and continued the decline from 1996 to 2000 with -4.02.%. In 1980 the population was 5,125 so in twenty-five years the increase has been negligible.

Most-observed species

• Great Kiskadee

  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
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• Rufous Hornero

  Furnarius rufus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  3
• Miconia tococa (Desr.) Michelang.

  Miconia tococa (Desr.) Michelang. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• Blue-winged Parrotlet

  Forpus xanthopterygius (Spix, 1824) · Aves
  2
• Yellow-olive Flycatcher

  Tolmomyias sulphurescens (Spix, 1825) · Aves
  2
• Boat-billed Flycatcher

  Megarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2
• Sooty-fronted Spinetail

  Synallaxis frontalis Pelzeln, 1859 · Aves
  2
• Rufous-browed Peppershrike

  Cyclarhis gujanensis (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  2