Goiânia

Also known as Goiania

Goiânia ( , ) 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. Its metropolitan area has a population of 2,890,418, making it the 12th-largest in Brazil. With an area of approximately , it has a continuous geography with few hills and lowlands, with flat lands in most of its territory, especially the Meia Ponte River, in addition to Botafogo and Capim Puba streams.

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Goiânia is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás, with a population of about 1.5 million people making it the 10th-largest city in Brazil. The city is significant as a major urban center in Brazil's Central-West Region, with a metropolitan area of nearly 2.9 million people, and features a mostly flat geography dotted with rivers and streams.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Goiânia
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.official_name: Municipality of Goiânia
Settlement.nickname: Capital do Cerrado (Capital of the Cerrado)
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira de Goiânia.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Brasão_de_Goiânia.svg
Settlement.image_map: Brazil Goias Goiania location map.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 280px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Goiânia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central-West
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Sandro Mabel (União Brasil)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Part of: Goiânia
Official name: Goiânia
Demonym: goianiense
Country: Brazil
Located in: Goiás
Population: 922222
Area: 789
Elevation: 749
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Capital of: Goiás
Shares border with: Trindade
Official website: www.goiania.go.gov.br
Image: Goiânia Collage.png
Dialing code: 62

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twinned administrative body: Sesto San Giovanni
Commons gallery: Goiânia
Commons category: Goiânia
topic's main category: Category:Goiânia
inception: 1933-10-24
category for people born here: Category:Births in Goiânia
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Goiânia
category of associated people: Category:People from Goiânia
postal code: 74000-000
Human Development Index: 0.799
native label: Goiânia
P8168: Magnus von Braun
electorate: 1006407
P12749: shofar

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Encyclopedic overview

37 sections

Contents

History
Art deco
Radiation incident
Geography
Climate
Flora and fauna
Economy
Demographics
Social inequality
Ethnicity and immigration
Religion
Education
Infrastructure
Transportation
Road
Rail
Public transportation
The new contract
Airports
Security
Green areas
Parque Zoológico
Buriti Park
Vaca Brava Park
Areião Park
Cobra Veiga center for snake research
Leisure
Sports
Museums
Music
Health
Health data
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Notable people
References
External links

Goiânia has its origins as a planned city, founded on October 24, 1933, by then Governor Pedro Ludovico to serve as the new state capital and administrative center. Before this, the state capital was the town of Goiás.

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