گويانيا

Municipality of Goiânia
Municipality
From top to bottom and left to right: Vaca Brava Park; Train Station; Monument to the Three Races; João Alves de Queiroz Viaduct; Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Center; Latif Sebba Viaduct; panoramic view of the city.
Flag الشعار
الكنية:  Capital do Cerrado (Capital of the Cerrado)
Location of Goiânia
Municipality of Goiânia Location in Brazil
الإحداثيات: 16°40′S 49°15′W
Country	البرازيل
Region	Central-West
State	Goiás
Founded	October 24, 1933
الحكومة
• Mayor	Rogério Cruz (REP)
المساحة
• Municipality	789 كم² (305 ميل²)
• العمران	739 كم² (285 ميل²)
المنسوب	749 m (2٬457 ft)
التعداد  (2020 )
• Municipality	1٬536٬097 (10th)
• الكثافة	1٬604/km2 (4٬150/sq mi)
• العمرانية	2٬654٬860 (10th)
منطقة التوقيت	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
Postal code	74000-000
Area code	+55 62
Demonym	goianiense
الموقع الإلكتروني	www.goiania.go.gov.br

Goiânia ( /ɡɔɪˈɑːniə/; النطق في البرتغالية: [ɡojˈjɐniɐ]) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population of 2,654,860, making it the 12th-largest in Brazil. With an area of approximately 739 square kilometres (285 square miles), it has a continuous geography with few hills and lowlands, with flat lands in most of its territory, especially the Meia Ponte River, in addition to Botafogo and Capim Puba streams.

Goiânia has its origins as a planned city, founded on October 24, 1933 by then Governor Pedro Ludovico to serve as the new state capital and administrative center. Before this, the state capital was the town of Goiás.

It is the second most populous city in the Central-West Region, only surpassed by the country's capital Brasília, located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Goiânia. The city is an important economic hub of the region and is considered a strategic center for such areas as industry, medicine, fashion and agriculture. Goiânia has previously been described as having the largest green area per inhabitant in Brazil and the second-most in the world, after Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With rapid population growth and urban expansion, satellite imagery shows the majority of the green area is now at the periphery of its sprawling city limits, and the per-capita green area claim may need to be reviewed.

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 International relations

انظر أيضاً: List of twin towns and sister cities in Brazil

 Twin towns – Sister cities

Goiânia is twinned with:

Barquisimeto, Venezuela Belém, Brazil Grotte di Castro, Italy Guadalajara, Mexico

Manaus, Brazil San Jose, Costa Rica Uberlândia, Brazil Idar-Oberstein, Germany Chittagong, Bangladesh

Goiânia was formerly twinned with:

• Madison, Wisconsin, United States

 People from Goiânia

• Irajá Abreu Politician
• Kátia Abreu Politician
• Arthur Football player
• Wanessa Camargo Singer
• Dudu Football player
• Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha Criminal
• Ingrid Guimarães Actress
• Lisalla Montenegro Model
• Renatinho Football player

 External links

• (in برتغالية) City Hall of Goiânia website
• (in برتغالية) Government of the State of Goiás website