Tianjin and Goi¨¢s are friendly associated on September, 26th, in 1994. Goi¨¢s is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The most central of the Brazilian states and most populous of the region, Goi¨¢s is characterized by a landscape of plateaus. It has a totoal area of 340,086km2, and a population of 5,884,996 £¨2008). The service sector is the largest component of Goi¨¢s GDP, followed by the industrial sector and agriculture sector. Goi¨¢s exporting includes: soybean, meat of cattle, gold, iron and leather. Goi¨¢s is a leader in the country in crop raising. Possibly only Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul have more cattle. Agriculture as a total represented 21% of the GDP of the state, with great production of sugarcane, soybeans, corn, tomato, rice, cotton, manioc and beans. Minerals are also important with the state being a major producer of nickel, iron, gold, niobium, phosphate and silver. The strongest growing area in the state has been in industry and commerce. Goiânia and Aparecida de Goiânia have become centers of food-processing industries, An¨¢polis of pharmaceutical factories. Rio Verde, in the southwest, is one of the fastest growing small cities with many new industries locating in the area and Catalão is a metal-mechanical and chemical polo. |
