Itapirapua

Itapirapuã lies beside the river of the same name in the Rio Vermelho country of western Goiás. Its Indigenous name is associated with a deep pool and a pale rock where the water forms a whirlpool. In 1799 a grant of land between the Uvá stream and the Itapirapuã River created the Sesmaria do Uvá. The river crosses woodland and savanna on its way through the Brazilian interior.