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Goiâs

Goiâs is a city of 24 thousand1 located in the basin of the Vermelho,2 and was capital of Goiâs State until 1937, when Goiânia took over. Its center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, preserving its 18th and 19th century heritage.

External references

street scene in Goiâs city, Goiâs state, Center-West Region, Brasil (Brazil)

Footnotes

1. Figure for 2007 in the side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A1s,_Goi%C3%A1s, accessed 8/12/2015.
2. This river flows northwest into the Palmeiras, which flows north into the Araguaia, which flows north into the Tocantins, which shares its delta with the Amazonas.