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3 unusual facts about Formosa, Goiás


Bosque Formosa Esporte Clube

Bosque Formosa Esporte Clube, commonly known as Formosa, is a Brazilian football club based in Formosa, Goiás state.

Paracatu River

Its main tributary, the Preto, has its source in Lagoa Feia near Formosa in the state of Goiás and it forms the boundary with the Federal District.

Paranã River

One of the most important tributaries is the Crixás, which has its source near Formosa.


2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

On June 28, 36 more new cases were confirmed by the Minister of Health: 14 of them in São Paulo, 6 in Rio de Janeiro, 5 in Rio Grande do Sul, 5 in Distrito Federal, 3 in Pernambuco, 2 in Goiás and 1 in Tocantins.

Alberdi, Paraguay

The most important characteristic of the city is its commerce with Argentine city Formosa, which sits across the river.

Anápolis Futebol Clube

Anápolis Futebol Clube, also known as Anápolis, are a Brazilian football team from Anápolis, Goiás.

Associação Atlética Anapolina

Associação Atlética Anapolina, or Anapolina as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Anápolis in Goiás, founded on January 1, 1948.

Associação Atlética Luziânia

Associação Atlética Luziânia, commonly known as Luziânia, is a Brazilian football team from Luziânia, Goiás.

Despite the club being from Goiás, the club competes in the Campeonato Brasiliense due to its proximity to Brasília city.

Associação Esportiva Jataiense

Associação Esportiva Jataiense, commonly known as Jataiense, is a Brazilian football club based in Jataí, Goiás state.

Battle of Tamsui

The Canadian Presbyterian missionary George Mackay remained in his house in Tamsui during the French bombardment, refusing to take shelter aboard the British gunboat HMS Cockchafer anchored off Tamsui, because he could not take his Formosan converts with him.

Battle of Zhenhai

In early February 1885 part of Admiral Courbet's Far East Squadron left Keelung to head off a threatened attempt by part of the Chinese Nanyang Fleet (Southern Seas fleet) to break the French blockade of Formosa (Taiwan).

Capital districts and territories

The Brazilian federal government was transferred to the current Distrito Federal, split off from the state of Goiás on April 21, 1960, when the planned city of Brasília was inaugurated.

Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano

Clube Recreativo e Atlético Catalano, also known as CRAC, are a Brazilian football team from Catalão, Goiás.

Corumbá River

Its source is in the Montes de Pireneus, near Pirenópolis, state of Goiás, near the boundary with the Federal District and its length ifs 567 km.

The Corumbá flows south from its source near Corumbá de Goiás, where there are spectacular waterfalls, is crossed by a major ridge on the Brasília-Goiânia highway east of Alexânia, passing near Pires do Rio and Caldas Novas, south of which it enters the Itumbiara Reservoir, the lake damming up the Paranaíba River, one of the main tributaries of the Paraná.

Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos

He also did not hesitate in bestowing titles on their three daughters (the Duchesses of Goiás and Ceará and the Countess of Iguaçu) and insisting on their being educated with the royal princesses.

Dutch Formosa

The original intention of setting up Fort Zeelandia at Tayowan (Anping) in southern Formosa was to provide a base for trading with China and Japan, as well as interfering with Portuguese and Spanish trade in the region.

Eigenmannia vicentespelaea

The only known troglobitic (exclusively cave-dwelling) member of the order Gymnotiformes, E. vicentespelaea is found in the São Vicente I and São Vicente II caves near São Domingos, in the central Brazilian state of Goiás.

Former British Consulate at Takao

In 1860 the Treaty of Peking forced the Qing government of Taiwan (then Formosa) to open up the ports of Takao (now known as Kaohsiung), An-Ping (Anping, Tainan), Tamsui (Tamsui, New Taipei) and Keelung to foreign trade.

Formosa bond

The major designer and promoter of the Formosa bond was Lee Shyan-yuan, a board member of Taiwan's market regulator, the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Formosa Peak

The peak was first mapped in 1576 during a voyage by the Portuguese navigator and cartographer, Manuel de Mesquita Perestrelo, when his ship put in at Plettenberg Bay, which he named 'Bahia Formosa' or 'beautiful bay'.

Gil Formosa

More recently, Formosa returned to comics, illustrating three Steampunk graphic novels featuring the character of Robur created by Jules Verne: With writer Jean-Marc Lofficier, he began the Robur series at Albin Michel in 2003.

Goiás, Goiás

There is a great resemblance with some traditions that take place in Spain at the same time of year especially in Toledo and Sevilla.

Gusttavo Lima

Son of Alcino and Sebastiana Lima, although born in Minas Gerais, grew up in Goiânia, Goiás.

Itumbiara Esporte Clube

Itumbiara Esporte Clube, usually known simply as Itumbiara, is a Brazilian football club from Itumbiara, Goiás state.

James W. Davidson

In June 1897, he was appointed by President Cleveland consular agent for the island of Formosa, where he remained nine years, during which time he wrote numerous monographs on Formosan affairs.

Janet Gaynor

A Brazilian press report noted that Gaynor and Martin briefly lived with their respective husbands in the state of Goiás in the 1950s and 1960s.

Jataí Atlético Clube

Jataí Atlético Clube, commonly known as Jataí, is a Brazilian football club based in Jataí, Goiás state.

Jussara

In 1950 the name was changed to Jussara in tribute to Jussara Amorim, the first woman from Goiás to be elected Miss Brasil.

Lóide Aéreo Nacional

On December 22, 1947, Ruy Vacani founded the airline TCA – Transportes Carga Aérea S.A. in Anápolis, State of Goiás, Brazil, an airline specialized in transportation of cargo.

Mahau Suguimati

Mahau Camargo Suguimati (born November 13, 1984 in São Miguel do Araguaia, Goias) is a Brazilian track hurdler of Japanese ancestry.

Marconi Perillo

He is the current governor of the state of Goiás and he is on his third mandate (1999–2002; 2003–2006; 2011–).

Ming Chi University of Technology

The school was established as 'Ming Chi Institute of Technology' in 1963 by Wang Yung-ching, an influential entrepreneur in Taiwan and founder of the Formosa Plastics Group.

Música sertaneja

It was born from recordings made by journalist and writer Cornélio Pires of "tales" and fragments of traditional songs in the interior of rural São Paulo, north and west of Paraná, south Minas Gerais and Triângulo Mineiro, Goiás and Mato Grosso southeast.

Sertanejo differs from the caipira culture, specifically originating in the area that comprises the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná.

Nola pumila

It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, including China (Shanghai), Formosa, Sikkim, Assam, India, Burma, Sulawesi and New Guinea.

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás

PUC Goiás has five campuses, four of them in Goiânia, the state capital, and another in the municipality of Ipameri.

Regent International Hotels

It is also the owner of Grand Formosa Regent Taipei hotel, Taipei, Taiwan, which was opened by Regent’s founders in 1990 as 'The Regent Taipei'.

Renwu Incident

In 2009, the Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan (EPA) found that the soil and the groundwater in the area close to Formosa Plastics' Renwu Plant has been polluted by benzene, chloroform, dichloromethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and vinylchloride.

Ria Formosa

Because of these features, beaches in the Ria Formosa area are well known, like Vale do Lobo, Faro Island, Culatra, Barril, Tavira Island, Cabanas de Tavira, Cacela Velha and Manta Rota.

Ricardo Mazacotte

Ricardo Mazacotte (born 9 January 1985 in Formosa, Argentina) is an Argentine-Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Club Olimpia of the Primera División in Paraguay.

Santa Helena Esporte Clube

Santa Helena Esporte Clube, commonly known as Santa Helena, is a Brazilian football club based in Santa Helena de Goiás, Goiás state.

Sébastien Lespès

He delivered a moving tribute to his predecessor at a memorial service for Courbet at Makung on 13 June attended by the sailors of the Far East Squadron and the marine infantry of the Formosa expeditionary corps that had fought the Pescadores Campaign.

States of Brazil

Minor changes were made to suit domestic politics (such as the Triângulo Mineiro from Goiás to Minas Gerais, the splitting of Paraná and ceding the south bank of the São Francisco River from Pernambuco to Bahia), as well as additions resulting from diplomatic settlement of territorial disputes by the end of the 19th century (Amapá, Roraima, Palmas).

Tebicuary River

Located in the southwestern part of that country, it flows eastwards discharging to Paraguay River about 45 km south of Formosa and 30 km north of Pilar.

Trindade Atlético Clube

Trindade Atlético Clube, commonly known as Trindade, is a Brazilian football club based in Trindade, Goiás state.


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