Guaribas

Guaribas is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast [Region, Brazil|Northeast region] of Brazil. Described as a "farming outpost five hours from the nearest paved, two-lane highway", Guaribas is considered one of the poorest municipalities in the country.

Geography

The municipality contains part of the Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.
The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park.

Demographics

Living standards in Gauribas have been compared to that of low-income African countries by O Estado de S. Paulo. In 2003, the city was the testing ground for the Bolsa Família social program.

Politics

In the 2022 Brazilian general election, Guaribas gave Workers' Party candidate Luiz [Inácio Lula da Silva] his highest share of the vote in the country, with Lula receiving 93% of the vote in the municipality.
The current mayor of Guaribas is Joércio Matias de Andrade, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.