Goias is a Brazilian state in the Central-West region, bordering the Federal District and the states of Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. Its capital is Goiania, and with 7.2 million residents it is the most populous state in the Central-West region and the eleventh most populous in Brazil, accounting for roughly 3.3 percent of the national population.
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Source GeoNames: Goiânia - GeoNames
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1. Goias (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: area_total_km2
340086
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7,423,629
History section
It became a state in 1889.
Part Of: Brazil, Lead paragraph
It has the ninth largest economy among Brazilian federative units. In Brazil'
View the Source GeoNames: Goiânia - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Goiânia, cities500 record 3462377, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 29)Quote, Has Capital: Goiânia, cities500 record 3462377, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 29)
-16.67861 -49.25389 P PPLA BR 29 5208707 1536097 766 America/Sao_Paulo
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