The state of
Goiás
Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...
is divided into 18 statistical microregions by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatístic (IBGE). These have no administrative function but are used only for statistics. The total area of the state is 341,289 km2 and the population is 5,450,303 as of 2007.
Thirty seven percent of the population—2,032,305—lives in the
Goiânia Microregion
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-largest ...
and 17.6%--960,141—of the population lives in the
Entorno do Distrito Federal Microregion
Entorno do Distrito Federal Microregion (also: ''Entorno de Brasília'') is a statistical microregion in Goiás state, Brazil, consisting of municipalities located in the vicinity of the Federal District of Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), off ...
. The GDP of the state of Goiás was R$50,536 billion in 2005, the last year data was gathered.
Microregions of Goiás
References
SepinIBGE
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