Goiânia

Município de Goiânia Capital do Cerrado Goiânia
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Goiânia
Coordinates	16 ° 40 ′  S , 49 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 16 ° 40 ′  S , 49 ° 16 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Goiás
Symbols
coat of arms flag
Motto "Pela grandeza since pátria" For the size of the home
founding	24th October 1933 (age 86)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Goiás
Metropolitan area	Goiânia metropolitan area
height	749 m
Waters	Rio Meia Ponte
climate	tropical with dry season, Aw
surface	728.8 km²
Residents	1,302,001 (2010)
density	1,786.4  Ew. / km²
estimate	1,516,113 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 5208707
Post Code	74000-000
Telephone code	(+55)  62
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	goiania.go.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Iris Rezende Machado (2017-2020)
Political party	MDB
Culture
City festival	October 24th
economy
GDP	49,023,142 thousand R $ 33,438  R $ per person  (2017)
HDI	0.799 (high) (2010)

Goiânia (pronunciation: [ɡoˈjɐ̃niɐ]), officially Portuguese Município de Goiânia , is the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás . It is located in central Brazil on a plateau about 750 meters above sea level. It has a little over 1.5 million inhabitants (2019), the municipal area covers about 729 square kilometers. The distance to the capital Brasília is around 200 kilometers, to the economic center of São Paulo it is 950 kilometers.

history

Goiânia is one of the planned cities in Brazil. Its foundation stone was laid on October 24, 1933, with the intention of making it the future capital of the state of Goiás. Until then, the baroque city of Goiás Velho was the capital of the state. The city planned by Pedro Ludovico and realized by Atílio Correia Lima is now one of the Brazilian cities with the best quality of life. Of the 1,100 hectares of built-up area, 375 hectares are green.

In 1987 there was a serious accident involving radioactive material in Goiânia , the Goiânia accident .

geography

A poster from the early days of Goiânia

Goiânia borders in the north on the municipalities of Goianira , Nerópolis and Goianápolis , in the south on Aparecida de Goiânia , in the east on Bela Vista de Goiás and in the west on Goianira and Trindade . Goiânia is traversed by the Rio Meia Ponte and its tributaries, including the Ribeirão João Leite.

The biome is the Brazilian cerrado .

City administration

Goiânia is divided into seven administrative regions, which in turn consist of many bairros .

Mayor Iris Rezende Machado ( MDB ) has exercised executive power as city prefect since 2017 . The legislature rests with the Chamber of Deputies Câmara Municipal.

The Municipal Administrative Center (Centro Administrativo Municipal) is located on Av. do Cerrado, nº 999, Parque Lozandes, CEP: 74884-092.

Population development

year	population
1991	913,485
2000	1,085,806
2010	1,302,001
2019	1,516,113

Infrastructure

traffic

The airport of Goiânia is the Aeroporto Internacional Santa Genoveva-Goiânia , in short: Santa Genoveva, (IATA code: GYN); With a passenger volume of more than 1.5 million passengers in 2007, it is currently being expanded. A new runway and a new terminal will adapt Santa Genoveva Airport to the increasing traffic. Direct flights connect Goiânia with the main Brazilian airports in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.

In addition, the city has a huge bus terminal, which is one of the most important hubs for public buses in Brazil.

education

The universities in Goiânia include the Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO); the Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG), the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG), the Centro Universitário de Goiás (Uni-Annexuera) and the Universidade Paulista (UNIP).

tourism

An Oktoberfest has been held in Goiânia every year since 2006 (also called Oktoberfest do cerrado ). In 2007 it took place from October 4th to 7th. There were 88,000 visitors this year.

Attractions

• Palácio das Esmeraldas
• Torre do Relógio
• Teatro de Goiânia
• zoo
• Bosque dos Buritis
• Parque Vaca Brava
• Museu Estadual Professor Zoroastro Artiaga
• Museu Antropológico da Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Museu Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
• Museu de Arte Contemporânea
• Monumento às Três Raças
• Monumento ao Bandeirante
• Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer

climate

The annual average temperature is 21.9 ° C due to the altitude. It is coldest between May and August at 18.8 ° C to 21.2 ° C. The lowest temperature ever measured is 1.2 ° C in July. Spring is the hottest season with averages between 29 and 32 ° C. The annual rainfall is 1487 millimeters.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Goiania Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.2 29.4 30.1 30th 29.1 28.7 28.9 31.2 31.9 31 29.7 28.9 O 29.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 19.7 19.7 19.5 18.5 16 13.7 13.2 15th 18.1 19.5 19.6 19.7 O 17.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 270.3 213.3 209.6 120.6 36.4 9.5 6.2 12.7 47.6 170.9 220 258.8 Σ 1,575.9 Rainy days ( d ) 21st 18th 19th 11 5 2 3 4th 7th 14th 19th 23 Σ 146 Source: WMO

Town twinning

Goiânia has had a partnership with the German city of Idar-Oberstein since 2004 . This city partnership resulted in a university collaboration between the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of the University of Trier and the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás - IFG (Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology, abbreviated Instituto Federal de Goiás or IFG) in the field of sustainable technologies which was funded by the German Academic Exchange Service from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009.

Literature on Goiânia

• Tarcísio Rodrigues Boltelho Botelho (Ed.): Goiânia. Cidade Pensada. Univ. Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 2002, ISBN 85-7274-177-1 .
• Nasr N. Fayad Chaul: A Construção de Goiânia ea Transferência da Capital. CEGRAF Goiânia 1989, ISBN 85-85003-60-X .
• Luís Palacín: Fundação de Goiânia e Desenvolvimento de Goiás. Goiânia 1976.
• Wolney Unes: Identidade art déco de Goiânia. São Paulo: Ateliê, 2001.

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Panorama of Goiânia

Personalities

• Baltazar Maria de Moráis Junior (born 1959), football player
• Dorinha Rezende (* 1964), politician
• Nildo Viana (* 1965), sociologist and philosopher
• Leonardo Manzi (* 1969), football player
• Túlio Humberto Pereira da Costa (* 1969), football player
• Júlio César Souza de Jesus (* 1971), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Fortaleza
• Jorginho (born 1977), football player
• Fernandão Lúcio da Costa (1978-2014), football player and coach
• Adriano Pimenta (* 1982), football player
• Wanessa (* 1982), pop singer, dancer, model and songwriter
• Roberto de Souza (* 1985), football player
• Willian José de Souza (* 1986), football player
• Mateus Gandara (1986-2015), draftsman
• Felipe Menezes (* 1988), football player
• Wendell Lira (* 1989), soccer player
• Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues (* 1992), football player

See also

• Metrô de Goiânia
• Goiânia metropolitan area
• Archdiocese of Goiânia

Web links

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

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

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1. ↑ Brazil: States and Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather, and Web Information. Retrieved July 26, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Goiânia - Panorama. As of July 1, 2019. Accessed August 29, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
3. ↑ University cooperation between the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of the University of Applied Sciences Trier and the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás: Brazilian European Center for Sustainability ( memo of July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Umwelt-Campus and IFG .