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Central West
Physical geography
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Hydrography
- Bacia do Tocantins-Araguaia
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It feeds three of the country's main basins (Amazon, Tocantins, Paraná)
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Cultural Aspects
- DF: has a mix of cultures because of all the immigration but still has its own identity when it comes to slangs and habits
- Go: hinterlands culture (cultura sertaneja urbana). Folk culture (catira, pastorinhas...)
- catira, cavalhadas, pastoras, etc (cultura popular)
- MT and MS: Pantaneira culture
- there is a giant mix of traditions
Population
- has the least amount of people in the country
- there is a great difference between the rain forest and pantanal (they have very low population) and urban centers
Usual problems
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- urban growth (population grows much too fast and the cities and authorities can't keep up)
- rural exodus: in 1970, 60% of the population was rural but in 2008, it was only 12.3%.
- recent cities helped bring in population in the 20th century
Services
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- public service in Brasilia
- expanding internal trade in the region
Agribusiness
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- agricultural border expansion in Cerrado and Pantanal
Economics
Land use
Goiás
- rice
- cotton
- sugar
- cane
- beans
- corn
- cassava
- soy
- coffee
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- different crops and cattle
Industry
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- huge agribusiness in the countryside
- traditional industry in the surroundings of the main cities