Goiânia metropolitan area
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Greater Goiânia Grande Goiânia |
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Location in the state of Goiás
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| Coordinates: 16°40′00″S 49°15′00″W / 16.66667°S 49.25000°WCoordinates: 16°40′00″S 49°15′00″W / 16.66667°S 49.25000°W | |
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| Major Cities |
Goiânia Aparecida de Goiânia Trindade Senador Canedo Goianira Bela Vista de Goiás |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 5,787 km2 (2,234 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Metro | 2,102,097 |
| • Metro density | 346.96/km2 (898.6/sq mi) |
| GDP | 2005 estimate |
| Nominal | R$ 180,405,915,000.00 |
| Per capita | R$ 9,832.00 |
The Goiânia metropolitan area (Portuguese: Região Metropolitana de Goiânia), popularly known as Greater Goiânia (Portuguese: Grande Goiânia), is a conurbation of cities around Goiânia, capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás.
The metropolitan area was established on December 30, 1999 by the Complementary State Law number 27, and is the largest of Central-Western Brazil. It was the first metropolitan area of that region, since the Cuiabá metropolitan area was only established almost ten years later, on May 28, 2009.
It is formed by the following municipalities:
Encompassing thirteen municipalities, Greater Goiânia has an area of 5,787 km2 (or 2,234 square miles). It is by far the most expressive region of the state of Goiás, containing around 35% of its total population, a third of its voters, about 80% of its college students, and 36,5% of its GDP.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, over two million people live on this metropolitan area, making it the 11th most populous in Brazil and the 210th in the world.
According to the 2008–2009 State of the World's Cities report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Goiânia has the largest economic inequality index among the nineteen Latin American cities analyzed. Its Gini index is 65, while the goal for UN-Habitat is 40. If Goiânia was a country, it would be the second most unequal in the world, second only to Namibia.
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