Paranaiba

Paranaíba lies in the country between the Sucuriú and Paranaíba rivers, near the great Paraná of central South America. Indigenous peoples inhabited this region before expeditions from São Paulo crossed the interior in the eighteenth century seeking captives. From 1830 settlers from Minas Gerais established cattle ranches near the Ariranha stream, giving rise to the settlement known as Santana do Paranaíba.