Tocantins

Estado do Tocantins ; Tocantins
	Tocantins
	Tocantins
Coordinates	10 ° S , 48 ° W Coordinates: 10 ° S , 48 ° W
	Location of the state of Tocantins in Brazil
Symbols
coat of arms	flag
founding	1988
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Tocantins
Capital	Palmas
ISO 3166-2	BR-TO
Região intermediária	3 (since 2017)
Região imediata	11 (since 2017)
structure	139 Munizipe
Waters	Rio Tocantins , Rio Araguaia
climate	tropical, Aw, Am
surface	277,720.4 km²
Residents	1,383,445 (2010, last census )
density	5 Ew. / km²
estimate	1,572,866 Ew. (July 1, 2019)
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	portal.to.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
governor	Mauro Carlesse ( PHS ) ; - again since April 19, 2018 ; Vice Governor: ; Wanderlei Barbosa ( PSB ) ; - since June 25, 2018 ; Senators: 3 ; MPs: 8 ; State MPs : 24
economy
GDP	28,930 billion R $ 19,094 R $ per capita (2015); ;
HDI	0.699 (medium) (2010)
	Serra do Espírito Santo in Jalapão State Park, in Mateiros

Tocantins [ tokɐ̃ˈtʃĩs ], officially Portuguese Estado do Tocantins , is the youngest state in Brazil . The capital of Tocantins is Palmas .

geography

Tocantins borders the Brazilian states of Maranhão (northeast), Piauí and Bahia (east), Goiás (south), Mato Grosso (west) and Pará (northwest). The state belongs to the Greater Norte region .

According to the 2010 census, Tocantins had 1,373,551 inhabitants and an area of 277,621 km². The population density was 4.93 inhabitants per km². As of July 1, 2019, the population was estimated at 1,572,866 people.

Rivers

Waterfall of the Rio Novo

The Rio Tocantins , from which the state takes its name, is the largest and longest river in Tocantins with a length of 2,640 kilometers.
The Rio Araguaia forms the western border of Tocantins and flows as a right tributary at the northern end of the state, the so-called parrot's beak ( Portuguese Pico do papageio ), into the Rio Tocantins.

See also: Ilha do Bananal

history

The region of Tocantins was originally inhabited almost exclusively by the indigenous population since the conquest . The construction of the BR-010 federal road from Brasília to Belem , the Rodovia Engenheiro Bernardo Sayão , brought the first infrastructure measures with it. Villages and towns sprang up along the road, and the indigenous people were forced into reservations.

The state of Tocantins was then founded in 1988 on the basis of a resolution by the federal government as part of a constitutional amendment by splitting off from Goiás . The newly founded Palmas was chosen as the capital. Until January 1, 1990, Miracema do Tocantins served as the provisional capital.

Federal road BR-153 , the Rodovia Transbrasiliana, in Tocantins

politics

The governor is Mauro Carlesse of the Partido Humanista da Solidariedade (PHS), while the vice governor is Wanderlei Barbosa of the Partido Socialista Brasileira (PSB).

Legislation rests with the Tocantins Legislative Assembly of 24 elected MPs. Tocantins sends eight federal representatives to the Chamber of Deputies and three senators to the federal senate of the Brazilian National Congress .

population

Cities

Tocantins is divided into 139 political communities, the municípios . The largest cities in terms of their estimated population as of July 1, 2019 are:

Palmas - 299,127
Araguaína - 180,470
Gurupi - 86,647
Porto Nacional - 53.010
Paraíso do Tocantins - 51,252
Araguatins - 35,761
Colinas do Tocantins - 35,424
Guaraí - 25,923
Tocantinópolis - 22,870
Dianópolis - 22,139
Miracema do Tocantins - 18,248

Web links

Commons : Tocantins - collection of images, videos and audio files

Government website (Brazilian Portuguese)
Legislative Assembly website , Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Tocantins (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b IBGE : Tocantins - Panorama . Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ to.gov.br/tocantins/2 ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); ( Portuguese ); Retrieved August 25, 2012
↑ Mauro Carl Esse, do PHS, é reeleito governador do Tocantins. In: globo.com. G1 , October 7, 2018, accessed July 9, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
↑ Brazil - Municípios - Tocantins. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 8, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[IBGETO-1] IBGE : Tocantins - Panorama . Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[Territorio-2] to.gov.br/tocantins/2 ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ); ( Portuguese ); Retrieved August 25, 2012

[3] Mauro Carl Esse, do PHS, é reeleito governador do Tocantins. In: globo.com. G1 , October 7, 2018, accessed July 9, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).

[Brasil_Tocantins-4] Brazil - Municípios - Tocantins. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 8, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).