Uirapuru, Goiás

Uirapuru is a municipality in northwestern Goiás state, Brazil.

Uirapuru is in the São Miguel do Araguaia Microregion, west of the important BR-153 highway.

Municipal boundaries are with: In January 2005 the Mayor was Inácio da Luz Araújo.

There has been a gain of about 100 people since 1996 The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, services, public administration, and small manufacturing industries.

The ranking on the Seplan Economic Development Index (2001) was 164 out of 246 municipalities (2001).