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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park Serra dos Pirineus in Goiás. Goiás occupies a large plateau, the vast almost level surface of which stands between 750 and 900 m above sea level and forms the divide between three of Brazil's largest river systems: to the south, Goiás is drained by the Paranaíba river, a tributary of the Paraná River; to the east it is drained by tributaries of the São ...
It used to be the old state capital of Goiás up until 1937 when the government seat was transferred to the then-recently built Goiânia.It was founded by the famed Bandeirante explorer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, nicknamed the Anhangüera, and was called in colonial times Vila Boa de Goyaz ("Good Village of Goyaz" in archaic Portuguese).
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Coat of arms of Goiás. The Government of Goiás, a state in Brazil, includes an executive, the State Governor, a Legislative Assembly and a judiciary.The State Governor is directly elected for 1-2 four year terms.
Goiânia (/ ɡ ɔɪ ˈ ɑː n i ə / goy-AH-nee-ə, [4] Brazilian Portuguese: [ɡo(j)ˈjɐniɐ]) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás.With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country.
Tocantins (Brazilian Portuguese: [tokɐ̃ˈtʃĩs] ⓘ [a]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil.It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. [4]
Goianésia is located almost due north of Anápolis (150 km), 54 km from the Belém-Brasília highway. Goiânia, the state capital is 182 km away, while Brasília, the national capital is 280 km. away. Highway connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / São Francisco de Goiás / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080.
Flag of Goiás; Use: Civil and state flag: Proportion: 7:10: Adopted: 30 July 1919; 105 years ago (): Design: Eight stripes: four green stripes and four yellow stripes. A blue rectangle on the upper left hoist with five white stars, four on each side and one smaller in the center.