Goiana

Goiana is a city in Brazil in the northeast of the state of Pernambuco, about 100 km north of the city of Recife. It is built on a fertile plain between the rivers Tracunhaém and Capibaribe Mirim near their junction to form the Goiana River, and is 25 km from the coast . It is surrounded by, and is the commercial centre for, one of the richest agricultural districts of the state, which produces sugar, rum, coffee, tobacco, cotton, cattle, hides and castor oil. Goiana is one of the oldest towns of the state, and was occupied by the Dutch from 1636 to 1654.