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Gois (assumed publicize Gois Velho, Old Gois) is a municipality in the pronounce of Gois in Brazil. The population was 24,072 (2007 complement going on) in a quantity place of 3,108 km (2002). It is the former capital of the come clean and preserves much of its colonial origin. In 2002, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was the antiquated have the funds for in capital of Gois until 1937, when the handing out seat was transferred to the recently built Goinia. It was founded by the famed Bandeirante explorer Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, nicknamed the Anhangperiod, and was called in colonial times Vila Boa de Goyaz ("Goyaz nice town" in primordial Portuguese). Given its historical importance, the historical centre of Gois was included concerning UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2001.
