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View of the city of Goiânia, Brazil Goiânia is the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás.

Goiás

state, Brazil
Also known as: Goyaz
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Goiás, estado (state), south-central Brazil. Goiás nearly surrounds the Distrito Federal (Federal District), which contains the national capital, Brasília. It is bounded by the states of Tocantins on the north, Bahia and Minas Gerais on the east, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul on the south, and Mato Grosso on the west. The state capital, since 1937, has been Goiânia. The first European penetration of this interior part of Brazil was carried on by...

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