Qualla: Quirinópolis https://qualla.com/quirinopolis en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Quirinópolis https://qualla.com/quirinopolis Quirinópolis: Introduction https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Original uploader was Maurocruz at pt.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Jose Quirino Cardoso built a chapel, and eventually the whole town was named after him. It took almost a century. The settlement began in 1832 when a man from Minas Gerais named Joao Crisostomo de Oliveira rode in, claimed a vast stretch of land, and tried to keep everyone else out. He failed. By 1860 a village had formed, first called Abadia do Parnaiba, then Nossa Senhora da Abadia, then Rio Verde. Only in the twentieth century did the name Quirinopolis - honoring the chapel-builder - stick, and the municipality became official in 1943. The cattle came along with the name changes. Today there are nearly ten head for every human being.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/6usp-quirin-polis-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Quirinópolis: The Herd https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Texugo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Quirinopolis counts 356,000 head of cattle against a human population of about 38,000 - roughly nine cows per person. The city is the third-largest beef producer in Goias state, and its dairies turn out 130,000 liters of milk a day. The surrounding land, mostly natural and artifi...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/6usp-quirin-polis-the-herd.mp3 0:06 2 full Quirinópolis: Sao Simao, the Reservoir https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Luiz F. Fritz, CC BY-SA 4.0. A short distance south of the city lies the Sao Simao reservoir, where a dam on the Paranaiba River forms the boundary between Goias and Minas Gerais. The Rio Preto, a tributary of the Paranaiba, flows through Quirinopolis and eventually empties into the reservoir's backwater. Th...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/6usp-quirin-polis-sao-simao-the-reservoir.mp3 0:06 3 full Quirinópolis: Four Names, One Place https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Luiz F. Fritz, CC BY-SA 4.0. The sequence of names the town has worn reads like a slow revision. Abadia do Parnaiba, the first, suggested a Catholic institutional identity tied to a regional river. Nossa Senhora da Abadia, the second, doubled down on the devotional tone. Rio Verde - the green river - was des...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/6usp-quirin-polis-four-names-one-place.mp3 0:06 4 full Quirinópolis: The Preserved Center https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Luiz F. Fritz, CC BY-SA 4.0. Quirinopolis has done better than most Goias municipalities at keeping its historical streetscape intact. The streets are tree-lined. The squares are full of flowers, lawns, and ornamental plants. A cultural center, said to be the second largest in the state, anchors the downtown...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/u/s/p/quirinopolis-wp/6usp-quirin-polis-the-preserved-center.mp3 0:06 5 full Quirinópolis: The Sudoeste Plateau https://qualla.com/quirinopolis/ Photo credit Luiz F. Fritz, CC BY-SA 4.0. The city sits on the plateau of southern Goias at roughly 550 meters elevation, in cerrado country - the Brazilian savanna that covers much of the central interior. In the dry season from May through September, the horizons stretch flat and clear, the sky enormous. The Rio Preto ...

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