Acreuna

Acreuna is a town and municipality in western Goias nation, Brazil. Acreuna is positioned in the statistical micro-area of Vale do Rio dos Bois, southwest of the state capital, Goiania, on BR-060, which links Goiania with Rio Verde. The town regarded in 1964 within the territory of the municipality of Parauna. It turned into created via the initiative of Benedicto Arystogogo de Mello, who had already founded the settlements of Riverlandia, in Rio Verde, and Vila Brasil, in Santa Helena de Goias. Mello negotiated with a large landowner of the region to start selling the plenty.

The lands were on the banks of the Rio Verdao and close to the Brasilia Acre highway, which turned into underneath production on the time. The name of the town, Acreuna, comes from a mixture of Acre, final vacation spot of the highway which crosses the city, and Una, a tribute to Parauna, the municipality wherein it have been located earlier than turning into a separate municipality. It became a district in 1968 and, thanks to its speedy populace growth and financial improvement, it separated from Parauna in 1976 to emerge as an unbiased municipality.