GOYANNA, or GOIANA  , a city of Brazil in the N.E. angle of the state of Pernambuco, about 65 m . N. of the city of Pernambuco . Pop.( 189o) 15,436 . It is built on a fertile plain between the rivers Tracunhaem and Capibaribe-mirim near their junction to form the Goyanna river, and is 15 M. 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 . The Goyanna river is navigable for small vessels nearly up to the city, but its entrance is partly obstructed and difficult . Goyanna is one of the oldest towns of the state, and was occupied by the Dutch from 1636 to 1654 . It has several old-style churches, an orphans' asylum, hospital and some small industries .