Goiás

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State o Goiás
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Location o State o Goiás in Brazil
Location o State o Goiás in Brazil
Coordinates: 15°56′S 50°8′W / 15.933°S 50.133°W / -15.933; -50.133
Kintra Brazil
Caipital an Lairgest CeetyGoiânia
Govrenment
 • GovrenorMarconi Perillo
 • Vice GovernorJosé Eliton
Area
 • Total340086 km2 (131,308 sq mi)
Area rank7t
Population
 (2010 census)[1]
 • Total6,004,045
 • Rank12t
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
 • Density rank17t
Demonym(s)Goiano
GDP
 • Year2006 estimate
 • TotalR$ 57,091,000,000 (9t)
 • Per caipitaR$ 9,962 (12t)
HDI
 • Year2005
 • Category0.800 – high (9t)
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-2 (BRST)
Postal Code
73700-000 to 76790-000
ISO 3166 codeBR-GO
Websitegoias.gov.br

Goiás (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡoˈjas]) is a state o Brazil, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. The name Goiás (umwhile, Goyaz) comes frae the name o an indigenous commonty. The oreeginal wird seems tae hae been guaiá, a compound of gua e iá, meanin "the same person" or "fowk o the same oreegin." Neebourin states are (frae north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, the Federal Destrict, Mato Grosso do Sul an Mato Grosso.

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