Formosa (Goiás)

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Formosa
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Formosa coat of arms
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Location of Formosa in the state of Goiás
Formosa (Goiás)
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Location of the city ​​of Formosa in Goiás
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Basic data
State : BrazilBrazil Brazil (BRA)
Region : Centro-Oeste region
State : GoiásGoiás Goiás (GO)
Mesoregion : East Goiás (1989 to 2017)
Microregion : Entorno de Brasília (1989 to 2017)
Geographic location : 15 ° 32 ′  S , 47 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 32 ′  S , 47 ° 20 ′  W
Distance to Goiânia 284 km
Time zone : UTC −3
summer : UTC − 2
Height : 916  m
Area : 5,806.891 km²
Residents : 119.506
Population density : 17.2 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code : +5561
Post code ( CEP ): 72860-000
Official Website: formosa.go.gov.br
Church planting: 1843
politics
City Prefect : Ernesto Roller ( PMDB ), (2017-2020)

Formosa is a Brazilian political municipality and city in the state of Goiás in the mesoregion East Goiás and in the micro-region Entorno de Brasília . It is located east of the Brazilian capital Brasília and east-northeast of the capital Goiânia .

Formosa has been the seat of the Brazilian diocese of Formosa since 1956 . The Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição is named after the Immaculate Conception of Mary .

In addition to the city of Formosa, the administrative center in the west of the municipality, which borders directly on the federal district, the municipality includes the villages of Santa Teresa, Bezerra, São Judas Tadeu, Salto do Itiquira, Crixalândia, Pedra Preta, Boa Esperança, Pé-da-Serra, Santa Rosa, Olaria, Boa Vista and Strass Burger.

Geographical location

Formosa borders

East of Formosa springs from the Rio Paranã that in the state of Tocantins as a right tributary to the Rio Tocantins flows. South of the federal highway BR-030, Formosa drains into the Rio São Francisco basin , north of it into the Tocantins / Araguaia basin .

Sons and daughters

See also

1989 to 2017:

Web links

Commons : Formosa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SEPLAN: Road kilometers to Goiânia ( Memento from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics . 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2019: "2018 Estimates of Population"
  3. ^ Prefeito. (No longer available online.) In: gov.br. Prefeitura Municipal de Formosa, 2017, archived from the original on April 30, 2017 ; accessed on April 18, 2018 .
Formosa Cathedral