Goiás (state) (English spelling)

Japanese: ゴイアス[州]（英語表記）Goiás

A landlocked state in the midwest of Brazil. Area: 341,289 km2, population: 4,308,400 (1995), population density: 12.6/km2. State capital: Goiânia. Most of the state is the Brazilian highlands, consisting of numerous chapadas (table lands) at an altitude of about 1,000 m. Except for the lowland tropical rainforests created by the two major tributaries of the Amazon River, the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers, which flow north, the state is a semi-arid sparse forest called the Cerrado. The average annual temperature is between 19 and 26°C, the annual precipitation is around 1,300 mm, and there is a clear dry season from May to October, during which the sclerophyll of the Cerrado's twisted shrubs lose their leaves.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ブラジル中西部の内陸州。面積34万1289km2，人口430万8400(1995)，人口密度12.6人/km2。州都はゴイアニア。大部分が多くの卓状地(シャパーダchapada)から成る高度1000m前後のブラジル高原で，北流するアマゾン川の大支流，トカンティンス，アラグアイアの両川のつくる低地の熱帯雨林地帯を除くと，セラードcerradoとよばれる半乾燥の疎林になっている。年平均気温は19～26℃の間にあり，年降水量は1300mm前後，5～10月にははっきりとした乾季があり，セラードの曲がりくねった灌木の硬葉もこの時期には落葉する。

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