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Goiás, Brazil
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Goiás

town, Brazil
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Goiás, town, central Goiás estado (state), central Brazil. It lies on the Vermelho River, a tributary of the Araguaia River. After the explorer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva discovered gold in the Vermelho in 1682, a settlement called Santa Anna was established on the site of what is now Goiás. The town of Goiás was established in 1727 and flourished during the colonial-era gold rush period. It was the state capital until 1937, when it was...

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