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Goiás is a Brazilian state located in the region. Goiás borders the and the states of , , , and .
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is the capital and largest city of the state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the and the 10th-largest in the country.

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Originally Vila Boa de , Goias city is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the former capital of the state of Goias with a population around 27,000.

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Chapada dos Veadeiros is a natural area in the state of Goias, . It is also the name of a National Park within that area, listed as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO for being an outstanding preservation area of the Cerrado – one of the world's oldest and most diverse tropical ecosystems.

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is in of . It is a UNESCO World Heritage site due to its cerrado savannah, which is one of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems in the world.

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is a municipality located in the state of Goiás, Brazil, approximately 80 kilometers northeast of . The population was 123,684 in a total area of 5,813.637 km2.

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is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 103,221 in a total area of 7,174.2 km2. is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn.

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is a city in the state of Goias. It is popular for its hot springs that attract travellers all year round.

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is a municipality in the state of Goiás, . It is home to a famous Brazilian medium and "psychic surgeon" — João de Deus.

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is a city in northwest Goiás state, . It is the northernmost municipality in Goiás, one of the largest too, and a major producer of cattle.

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, also known as Piri, is a historic municipality located in the Brazilian state of Goiás. It is known for its waterfalls and Portuguese colonial architecture, and a popular festival involving mounted horses called Festa do Divino Espírito Santo which takes place 45 days after Easter.

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, often shortened to Alto Paraiso, is a city in the state of Goias. It is the main gateway to the Chapada dos Veadeiros region.

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is a small city with some fine colonial heritage in the state Goiás. The area around the city is known for its natural beauty and home to several impressive waterfalls, rivers and caves.

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is in the state of Goiás in the of .

is a municipality in north-western Goiás state, . The population is 10,110 in an area of 3050.31 km2. is located on the , 324 km from the state capital, , 59 km northwest of .

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is a city in Goiás. It includes part of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park. It is an area with some tremendous hiking trails and waterfalls.

Goiás

Latitude of center
-15.5807° or 15° 34′ 51″ south
Longitude of center
-49.6362° or 49° 38′ 10″ west
Population
7,020,000
Elevation
607 metres (1,991 feet)
Abbreviation
“GO”
Geo­Names ID
3462372
Wiki­data ID
Q41587
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Goiás” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Goiás”
  • Arabic: “غوياس”
  • Aragonese: “Goiás”
  • Armenian: “Գոյաս”
  • Asturian: “Goiás”
  • Aymara: “Goias Istadu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qoyas ştatı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qoyas”
  • Basque: “Goias”
  • Basque: “Goiás”
  • Belarusian: “Гаяс (штат)”
  • Belarusian: “Гаяс”
  • Belarusian: “штат Гаяс”
  • Bengali: “গৌয়াস”
  • Bishnupriya: “গোয়াস”
  • Bosnian: “Goiás”
  • Breton: “Goias”
  • Breton: “Goiás”
  • Bulgarian: “Гояс”
  • Bulgarian: “Гояш”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Goiás”
  • Catalan: “Goiás”
  • Cebuano: “Goiás (estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Goiás”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویلایەتی گۆیاس”
  • Chinese: “Goiás”
  • Chinese: “戈亚斯州”
  • Chinese: “戈亞斯”
  • Chinese: “戈亞斯州”
  • Chinese: “戈伊亚斯”
  • Cornish: “Goiás”
  • Corsican: “Goiás”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Goyas”
  • Croatian: “Goias”
  • Croatian: “Goiás”
  • Czech: “Goiás”
  • Dagbani: “Goias”
  • Danish: “Goiás”
  • Dutch: “Goiás”
  • Dzongkha: “གོ་ཡཟི་”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوياس”
  • Esperanto: “Goiás”
  • Esperanto: “Gojaso”
  • Estonian: “Goias”
  • Estonian: “Goiás”
  • Estonian: “Goiáse osariik”
  • Estonian: “Goiási osariik”
  • Finnish: “Goias”
  • Finnish: “Goiás”
  • French: “État de Goiás”
  • French: “Goias”
  • French: “Goiás”
  • French: “Goyaz”
  • Galician: “Goiás, Brasil”
  • Galician: “Goiás”
  • Georgian: “გოიასი”
  • German: “Bundesstaat Goiás”
  • German: “GO”
  • German: “Goiás”
  • Greek: “Γκοϊάς”
  • Guarani: “Goia”
  • Guarani: “Goiás”
  • Gujarati: “ગોયાસ”
  • Hebrew: “גויאס”
  • Hebrew: “גויאש”
  • Hindi: “गोइयास”
  • Hungarian: “Goiás”
  • Ido: “Goiás”
  • Indonesian: “Goias”
  • Indonesian: “Goiás”
  • Interlingua: “Goiás”
  • Irish: “Goiás”
  • Italian: “GO”
  • Italian: “Goiás”
  • Italian: “Stato di Goiás”
  • Japanese: “ゴイアス州”
  • Kannada: “ಗೋಯಾಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಗೋಯಿಯಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “고이아스주”
  • Ladino: “Goiás”
  • Latin: “civitas Goiasensis”
  • Latin: “Civitas Goiasensis”
  • Latin: “Goyas”
  • Latvian: “Gojasa”
  • Limburgan: “Goiás (staot)”
  • Limburgan: “Goiás”
  • Lithuanian: “Gojasas”
  • Macedonian: “Гојас”
  • Malagasy: “Goiás”
  • Malay: “Goiás”
  • Maltese: “Goiás”
  • Marathi: “गोयाएस”
  • Mazanderani: “گوییاس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Goiás”
  • Northern Frisian: “Goiás”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goias”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goiás”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goías”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goiás”
  • Norwegian: “Goiás”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Goiás”
  • Ossetian: “Гояс”
  • Persian: “گوییاس”
  • Piemontese: “Goiàs”
  • Polish: “Goias”
  • Polish: “Goiás”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Goiás”
  • Portuguese: “GO”
  • Portuguese: “Goiás”
  • Quechua: “Goiás suyu”
  • Romanian: “Goias”
  • Romanian: “Goiás”
  • Russian: “Гойяс”
  • Russian: “Гояс”
  • Scots: “Goias”
  • Scots: “Goiás”
  • Serbian: “Гојас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Goias”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Goiás”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gojas”
  • Sinhala: “ගොයාස් ප්‍රාන්තය, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “ගොයාස්”
  • Slovak: “Goiás”
  • Slovenian: “Goiás”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Goias”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Goiás”
  • Spanish: “Goiano”
  • Spanish: “Goias”
  • Spanish: “Goiás”
  • Spanish: “Goyas”
  • Spanish: “Goyás”
  • Swahili: “Goias”
  • Swahili: “Goiás”
  • Swedish: “Goias”
  • Swedish: “Goiás”
  • Tajik: “Гояс”
  • Tamil: “கோய்அஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Гояс”
  • Telugu: “గోయాస్”
  • Tetum: “Goiás”
  • Thai: “รัฐโกยาช”
  • Thai: “รัฐโกยาส”
  • Turkish: “BR-GO”
  • Turkish: “Estado de Goiás”
  • Turkish: “GO”
  • Turkish: “Goiás (eyalet)”
  • Turkish: “Goiás eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Goiás”
  • Ukrainian: “Гояйс”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґояйс”
  • Ukrainian: “Гояс”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґояс”
  • Ukrainian: “Штат Гояс”
  • Urdu: “گوئیاس”
  • Uzbek: “Goyas”
  • Venetian: “Goiás”
  • Venetian: “Goiàs”
  • Vietnamese: “Goiás”
  • Volapük: “Goiás”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Goias”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Goiás”
  • Welsh: “Goiás”
  • Western Panjabi: “گویاس”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈亚斯州”
  • Yoruba: “Goiás”
  • Yue Chinese: “戈亞斯州”
  • “BR-GO”
  • “GO”
  • “Goiás”
  • “ma Goiás”
  • “ma Koja”
  • “ma Kojasi”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Goiás”. Photo: Otávio Nogueira, CC BY 2.0.