Goiás () is a Brazilian
state
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located in the
Center-West region. Goiás borders the
Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise)
Tocantins,
Bahia,
Minas Gerais,
Mato Grosso do Sul and
Mato Grosso. The state capital is
Goiânia. With 7.2 million inhabitants, Goiás is the most populous state in the Center-West and the
11th most populous in the country. It has the
ninth largest economy among Brazilian federative units. In Brazil's geoeconomic division, Goiás belongs to the
Centro-Sul
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(Center-South), being the northernmost state of the southern portion of Brazil. The state has 3.3% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 2.7% of the Brazilian
GDP
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.
The history of Goiás dates back to the beginning of the 18th century, with the arrival of pioneers from São Paulo. The Rio Vermelho region was the first to be occupied, where Vila Boa (later renamed
Goiás) was founded. The development and settlement of the state took place, in a more intensified way, starting in the 1930s with the founding of the new capital, Goiânia, and especially with the construction of
Brasília in the 1950s.
Goiás is characterized by a landscape of ''
chapadões'' (plateaus). In the height of the drought season, from June to September, the lack of rain makes the level of the
Araguaia River go down and exposes almost of beaches. At the
Emas National Park in the municipality of
Mineiros
Mineiros, population 68,154, is a municipality in the southwest of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Mineiros is the westernmost city in Goiás and a great producer of cattle, soybeans, and corn.
Mineiros is located 430 km from the state capital ...
, it is possible to observe the typical fauna and flora from the region. At the
Chapada dos Veadeiros
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. The park was created on ...
the main attractions are the canyons, valleys, rapids and waterfalls. Other attractions include the historical
city of Goiás and the hot springs of
Caldas Novas.
Geography
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
The Paranaíba River is a Brazilian river whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains, municipality of Rio Paranaíba, at an altitude of 1,148 meters; on the other face of this mountain chain are the sources of t ...
, a tributary of the
Paraná River; to the east it is drained by tributaries of the
São Francisco River; and northward the state is drained by the
Araguaia River and the
Tocantins River and their tributaries. Other major rivers in the state are the
Meia Ponte, Aporé, São Marcos,
Corumbá River, Claro,
Maranhão,
Paranã and
Preto. None of these rivers is navigable except for short distances by small craft.
The state's highest point is Pouso Alto, at above sea level, in the Chapada dos Veadeiros.
Goiás is covered with a woodland savanna known in Brazil as campo
cerrado
The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the ...
, although there are still tropical forests along the rivers. The climate of the plateau is tropical. Average monthly temperatures vary from in the warmest month to in the coldest. The year is divided into a rainy season (October–March) and a dry season (April–September). Average annual rainfall is about , but this varies due to elevation and microclimate.
Some parts of the state, however, have small remnants of tropical
Atlantic forest, that mostly appears around rivers and valleys.
The Great Central West Region, consisting of the states of Goiás,
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, and the
Federal District, is among the fastest-growing regions of Brazil. The population of Goiás state tripled in size in the period from 1950 to 1980 and is still growing very quickly. However, outside the Federal District and the Goiânia metropolitan region (with a population of over a million) most of Goiás is very thinly populated. The chief concentration of settlement is in the southeast, in the area of
Goiânia (Goiânia and
Aparecida de Goiânia), across the border from
Minas Gerais (
Catalão
Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.
Demographics
*Population density: 17.85 inhab ...
,
Rio Verde,
Jataí, and
Caldas Novas), and around the Federal District (
Formosa,
Planaltina de Goiás, and
Luziânia).
History
The first European exploration of this interior part of Brazil was carried out by expeditions from
São Paulo in the 17th century. Gold was discovered in the gravel of a tributary of the Araguaia River by the bandeirante Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (the Anhanguera) in 1682. The settlement he founded there, called Santa Anna, became the colonial town of
Goiás Velho, the former state capital. In 1744 the large inland area, much of it still unexplored by Europeans, was made a
Captaincy General, and in 1822 it became a province of the
empire of Brazil. It became a state in 1889. The Brazilian constitution of 1891 specified that the nation's capital should be moved to the Brazilian Highlands (
Planalto Central), and in 1956 Goiás was selected as the site for the federal district and capital national,
Brasília. The seat of the federal government was officially moved to Brasília in 1960.
Goiânia, the largest city and capital was planned in 1933 to replace the old, inaccessible former state capital of Goiás, northwest. In 1937 the state government moved there, and in 1942 the official inauguration was held. Goiânia is now one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil and one of the most livable cities in the country. It stands out as both an industrial center (along with the neighboring towns of
Anápolis and
Aparecida de Goiânia) and as a cultural center for country culture and music, known as
Sertanejo.
Due to the relatively large territory of the state, which was over , communications were obviously very difficult. The northern part of the state began to feel abandoned by the southern government and began a movement for separation. Local political leaders also encouraged the movement. In 1988 the northern half of Goiás became a separate state called
Tocantins.
Demographics
According to the
IBGE of 2010, there were 6,004,045 people residing in the state. The population density was 16.9 inh./km
2.
Urbanization: 88.6% (2006);
Population growth: 2.5% (1991–2000); Houses: 1,749,000 (2006).
The last PNAD (National Research for Sample of Domiciles) census revealed the following numbers: 3,433,000
White people (51.45%), 2,076,000
Pardo (
Multiracial) people (42.44%), 329,000
Black people (5.60%), 16,000
Asian people (0.26%), 15,000
Amerindian
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people (0.25%).
Ethnic groups found in Goiás include:
Italians,
Amerindians
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,
Portuguese
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** Portu ...
,
Africans,
Germans,
Arabs,
Lebanese and
Syrian.
According to an autosomal DNA study from 2008, the ancestral composition of Goiás is 83.70% European, 13.30% African and 3.0% Amerindian.
Religion
According to the Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2010 58.89% of the state's population was
Roman Catholic
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, 28.07% were
Protestant
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s or evangelicals, 8.11% had no religion, 2.46% were
Spiritists, 0.67%
Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.01% other Christian religions (which include the
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
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,
Eastern Orthodox Church,
Mormonism and others) and 0.79% from other religions.
Education
Portuguese
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is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. English and Spanish, however, are also part of the official high school curriculum.
Educational institutions
Universidade Federal de Goiás(UFG);
Universidade Federal de Jataí(UFJ);
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás(PUC GOIÁS);
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás(IFG);
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano(
IFGoiano);
Universidade Estadual de Goiás(UEG);
Universidade Paulista(UNIP Flamboyant);
Universidade de Rio Verde
* and many others.
Economy
The
service sector is the largest component of GDP at 43.9%, followed by the
industrial sector at 35.4%. Agriculture represents 20.7%, of GDP (2004). Goiás exports: soybean 49.2%, meat of cattle 10.5%, gold 9.1%, other meat 7.5%, iron 7.4%, leather 4% (2002).
Share of the Brazilian economy: 2.4% (2005).
Goiás is a leader in the country in crop raising. In 2016, Goiás had the 3rd largest
cattle herd in Brazil: 22.6 million head of cattle. The number of
pigs
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in Goiás was approximately 2.0 million head in 2015. The State had the 6th largest Brazilian herd, 5% of the national herd. Among the municipalities in Goiás that stood out,
Rio Verde had the 3rd largest national population. In 2016, Goiás was the 4th largest
milk producer, accounting for 10.1% of the country's milk production. The number of
chickens in the State was 64.2 million head in 2015. The production of chicken
eggs
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this year was 188 million dozens. Goiás was the 9th largest producer of eggs, 5% of national production.
Agriculture as a total represented 21% of the GDP of the state. The state of Goiás stands out in the production of
sugarcane,
corn,
soy
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Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and ...
,
sorghum,
beans
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,
sunflower,
tomato,
garlic, in addition to also producing
cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...
,
rice
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,
coffee
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Seeds of ...
and
wheat
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. In 2019, Goiás was the Brazilian state with the 4th highest grain production, 10% of the national production. Goiás is the 2nd largest producer of
sugarcane in the country, 11.3% of national production, with 75.7 million tons harvested in the 2019–20 harvest. In the same year, it was the 4th largest producer of
soy
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Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and ...
, with 12.46 million tons. It has the national leadership in the production of
sorghum: it produced 44% of the Brazilian crop production in the 2019–2020 cycle, with a harvest of 1.09 million tons. In 2017, it was the 4th largest producer of
maize in the country. The state is also the Brazilian leader in
tomato production: in 2019 it produced over 1.2 million tons, a third of the country's total production. In 2019, Goiás became the leader of the Brazilian production of
garlic. Goiás was the 4th largest producer of
beans
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in Brazil in the 2017–18 harvest, with 374 thousand tons, and has about 10% of the country's production. The state is also in 3rd place in the national production of
cotton
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, however, most of the national production is from Mato Grosso and Bahia - Goiás has only 2.3% of participation. In
sunflower, in 2020 Goiás was the 2nd largest national producer, with 41.8%, losing only from Mato Grosso. In
rice
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, Goiás is the 8th largest producer in Brazil, with 1% of national production.
Minerals are also important with the state being a major producer of
nickel,
copper,
gold,
niobium and
aluminum (
bauxite). Goiás had 4.58% of the national mineral participation (3rd place in the country) in 2017. At
nickel, Goiás and Pará are the only two producers in the country, Goiás being the 1st in production, having obtained 154 thousand tons at a value of R$1.4 billion. In
copper, it was the 2nd largest producer in the country, with 242 thousand tons, at a value of R$1.4 billion. In
gold, it was the 4th largest producer in the country, with 10.2 tons, at a value of R$823 million. In
niobium (in the form of pyrochlorine), it was the 2nd largest producer in the country, with 27 thousand tons, at a value of R$312 million. In
aluminum (
bauxite), it was the 3rd largest producer in the country, with 766 thousand tons, at a value of R$51 million.
In gemstones, Goiás is one of the
emerald producing states in Brazil.
Campos Verdes is considered the "Capital of the Emeralds". The state also has known production of
tourmaline (Brazil is one of the biggest productors of this gem), and
sapphire (in a scarce mode).
The strongest growing area in the state has been in industry and commerce. Goiás had in 2017 an industrial GDP of R$37.1 billion, equivalent to 3.1% of the national industry. It employs 302,952 workers in the industry. The main industrial sectors are: Construction (25.6%), Food (25.2%), Industrial Public Utility Services, such as Electricity and Water (17.2%), Petroleum Products and Biofuels (7.4%) and Chemicals (3.7%). These 5 sectors concentrate 79.1% of the state's industry.
Goiânia and
Aparecida de Goiânia have become centers of food-processing industries,
Anápolis of pharmaceutical factories.
Rio Verde, in the southwest, is one of the fastest growing small cities with many new industries locating in the area and
Catalão
Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.
Demographics
*Population density: 17.85 inhab ...
is a metal-mechanical and chemical center.
In Brazil, the
automotive sector represents close to 22% of industrial GDP. Goiás has
Mitsubishi,
Suzuki and
Hyundai factories.
Economic indicators
* Agriculture (in tons): sugarcane (9.251.798), soybeans (3.420.653), corn (3.414.601), tomato (759.009), rice (352.135), cotton (278.363), manioc (255.639), beans (200.977)--(1999).
* Livestock (in head): fowl (80.000.000 est.), cattle (18.000.000 est.), pigs (1.000.000 est.) --(1999).
* Minerals: titanium-ilmenite (1.624 t), nickel (52.302 t), manganese (23.242 t), cobalt (484 t), iron (199 brute tons), niobium-pirocloride (54.953 t), gold (4.512.882 grams), silver (211.917)--(1998).
* Industry: food, metallurgy, extraction of non-metallic minerals.
Statistics
* Vehicles: 1,610,972 (March/2007);
* Mobile phones: 3.6 million (April/2007); Telephones: 1.3 million (April/2007)
* Cities: 246 (2007).
Infrastructure
In 2017, the state had a total road network of 96,642.1 km, including municipal, state and federal roads. As of December 2021, Goiás owned, in addition to municipal roads, 21,212.67 km of Goiás state roads and 2,094.3 km of federal roads. There are more than 13,000 km of paved roads and about 1,200 km are
duplicated highways. The
BR-060 has more than 520 km duplicated between
Brasilia,
Goiânia and
Jataí. The
BR-050 is almost entirely duplicated in the state, with more than 200 km of highways between
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and the border with Minas Gerais. The
BR-153
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between Goiânia and the border with Minas Gerais is also duplicated, in addition to the highways that connect Goiânia with the
BR-070
BR-070 is a federal highway of Brazil. The 1315 kilometre road connects Brasilia to Porto Corixó, Cáceres, Mato Grosso.
Duplication
BR-070 is duplicated in the 52 km between Brasilia and Águas Lindas de Goiás
Águas Lindas de Goiás is ...
. Duplication of highways in the state began in the 2000s and has been constantly evolving ever since. There is currently a project to duplicate the
BR-153
BR-153 is a major federal highway of Brazil, officially named the Transbrasiliana Highway. It also serves as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway in the stretch located between the cities of Wanderlândia, in the state of Tocantins, and Anáp ...
between
Anápolis and the border with
Tocantins.
Highways in the
Brazilian Highway System
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include
BR-020,
BR-040
BR-040 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road connects Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro.
BR-040 Highway, Brazil
The starting point of the highway is in Brasília at the junction with the BR-450 (Via EPIA) and BR-251 (Via EPCT). The road ends at Pra ...
,
BR-050,
BR-060,
BR-070
BR-070 is a federal highway of Brazil. The 1315 kilometre road connects Brasilia to Porto Corixó, Cáceres, Mato Grosso.
Duplication
BR-070 is duplicated in the 52 km between Brasilia and Águas Lindas de Goiás
Águas Lindas de Goiás is ...
,
BR-080
BR-080 is a federal highway of Brazil. The road was originally planned to connect Brasilia to São Gabriel da Cachoeira in Amazonas state near the Colombian border, an extent of . Currently, however, it only reaches about to Luiz Alves, in the ...
,
Rodovia Transbrasiliana (BR-153),
BR-158,
BR-251,
BR-364,
BR-414,
BR-452; additionally, over 60 state highways run through the state.
Modernization work will soon get under way at
Santa Genoveva Airport in the northeast side of Goiânia. With nominal yearly capacity of 600,000 passengers, in 2004 it received 950,000. With its new terminal, it will be able to handle up to 2 million users a year. Air traffic in Goiás has several airports. An airbase has been built in
Anápolis for supersonic aircraft of the
Brazilian Air Force.
There is only a waterway on the Paranaíba River, and its main port is
São Simão, which forms part of the
Hidrovia Tietê-Paraná.
One of the most important railways in the state is the
Ferrovia Norte-Sul (North-South Railway). On March 4, 2021, the section between
São Simão (GO) and
Estrela d'Oeste (SP) entered into operation. In São Simão, a terminal with a static capacity of 42,000 tons and the capacity to process 5.5 million tons of soybeans, corn and soybean meal per year was built. On May 29, 2021, the first railway composition loaded with soybeans departed from the multimodal terminal of
Rio Verde (GO), bound for the
Port of Santos
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. This trip marked the inauguration of the section between Rio Verde and São Simão (GO) with just over 200 km.
Main sights
* Caldas Novas
It is a city located in the southeast of the state, where hot springs are located, being the largest hydrothermal resort in the world, with several resorts that use the waters of these thermal springs for therapeutic and leisure purposes. Some resorts in the city are inspired by the ancient Roman Baths.The Region attracts tourists from all over Brazil and the world.
* Chapada dos Veadeiros
It is an ecological national park famous for the diversity of its landscape and the richness of its fauna and flora.
* City of Goiás
An internationally famous
World Heritage Site
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, the city is notable for its historical importance and colonial architecture.
* Parque Nacional das Emas
The Emas National Park is another
World Heritage Site
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in Goiás.
* Pirenópolis
Pirenópolis is a city in the interior of the State of Goiás, known for its preserved
colonial homes and steep stone streets.
Cities
The 15 most populous cities as estimated in 2017 by IGBE:
*
Goiânia (1.466.105)
*
Aparecida de Goiânia (542.090)
*
Anápolis (375.142)
*
Rio Verde (217.048)
*
Luziânia (199.615)
*
Águas Lindas de Goiás
Águas Lindas de Goiás is a municipality located in central Goiás, Brazil. It is the fifth largest city in the state and one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil.
Location
Águas Lindas is 193 km. from the state capital of Goiânia. Hi ...
(195.810)
*
Valparaíso de Goiás (159.500)
*
Trindade (121.266)
*
Formosa (115.789)
*
Novo Gama (110.096)
*
Senador Canedo (105.459)
*
Itumbiara
Itumbiara is a municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goiás and is a major producer ...
(102.513)
*
Catalão
Catalão () is a city and municipality located in the south of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. It is a large producer of grains, cattle, and phosphates and has a John Deere and Mitsubishi factory.
Demographics
*Population density: 17.85 inhab ...
(102.393)
*
Jataí (98 128)
*
Santo Antônio do Descoberto
Santo Antônio do Descoberto is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Santo Antônio do Descoberto is located in the microregion called Entorno do Distrito Federal, the area of Goiás that surrounds the Federal District. It is ...
(90 525)
Se
City population of Goiásfor table showing population from 1991 to 2005 in the 37 largest cities.
;Cities with tourist interest
Sport
The main sport in the state is football. The main football clubs are
Goiás,
Atlético Goianiense,
Vila Nova,
Anápolis,
Itumbiara
Itumbiara is a municipality in the extreme south of the state of Goiás, Brazil. Its population in 2020 was of 105,809 in a total area of 2,461,3 km2 (2020). Itumbiara is one of the most prosperous cities in Goiás and is a major producer ...
,
Anapolina,
CRAC
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Plot
The story follows the experiences of a rocking chair, from its creation from a tree through its time as a member of a Canadian farming family.
Recept ...
and
Goiânia. The main stadiums in Goiás are the
Serra Dourada Stadium and the
Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Olympic Stadium, which was chosen as one of the hosts of the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Volleyball is also widely practiced by the population of Goiás, occupying the 3rd place in preference, with futsal in second place. Rugby occupies the fourth place in the preference of Goiás. A place where volleyball and futsal are widely practiced is in the city of Anápolis, which has an international gymnasium capable of hosting official matches, the Newton de Faria International Gymnasium.
Olympic medalists
Dante
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in volleyball and
Carlos Jayme in swimming were born in the state, as well as medalists in world championships, such as
César Sebba in basketball and
Diogo Villarinho
Diogo Villarinho (born 11 March 1994) is a Brazilian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.
Career
At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, in Barcelona, he finished 15th in the Men's 25 km, and 52nd in the Men's 10 km race.
At the ...
in aquatic marathon.
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Flag
The green bars in the flag symbolize the spring and the yellow bars gold. The blue rectangle in the topleft corner symbolizes the sky, with the five stars forming the constellation of the Southern Cross. The flag was adopted on 30 July 1919. It is a toned down version of the original Republican flag of Brazil, in itself not original.
Notable people
* Alok (DJ), DJ
* Amado Batista, singer
* Arthur
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...
, footballer
* Carolina Ferraz, actress
* Cora Coralina, poet
* Henrique Meirelles, president of Banco Central do Brasil
* Ingrid Guimarães
Ingrid da Silva Guimarães (born July 5, 1972) is a Brazilian actress, comedian and, television presenter.
Filmography
Television
* 1993 - ''Mulheres de Areia'' .... Jurema
* 1996 - ''Chico Total'' .... Reporter
* 1997 - '' Por Amor'' .... ...
, actress
* Leandro e Leonardo
Leandro e Leonardo were a Brazilian '' sertanejo'' duo. The two brothers (third and fourth of eight siblings), Leandro (born Luiz José da Costa, August 15, 1961–June 23, 1998) and Leonardo (Emival Eterno da Costa, born July 25, 1963), were from ...
, singers
* Léo Jaime
Leonardo "Léo" Jaime (born April 23, 1960) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor and writer, famous for being one of the founding members of the rockabilly band João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados.
Biography
Léo Jaime was bo ...
, singer and songwriter
* Marconi Perillo, former governor
* Marcos Hummel, Rede Record
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
presenter
* Nana Gouvêa, adult model
* Pedro Ludovico political
* Ronaldo Caiado
Ronaldo Ramos Caiado (Anápolis, September 25, 1949) is a Brazilian politician. An orthopedic physician trained at the School of Medicine and Surgery of Rio de Janeiro, he comes from a family landowners and politicians from Goiás. He is the grand ...
, governor
* Siron Franco, Painter
* Túlio Maravilha, former soccer player
* Wanessa
Wanessa Godói Camargo Buaiz (born 28 December 1982), known professionally as Wanessa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
Early life
Camargo is the daughter of Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luci ...
, singer
* Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, singers
* Paulo Nunes, former soccer player
* Dante Amaral, Brazilian national volleyball team
See also
* Goiânia accident
The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after a forgotten radiotherapy source was stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city. It was subsequentl ...
* Government of Goiás
References
External links
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás World Heritage Sit
Google Arts and Culture Platform
Government of Goiás website
Legislative Assembly of Goiás website
Court of Justice of Goiás website
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States of Brazil
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States and territories established in 1889
1889 establishments in Brazil