The Tocantins is one of the States Brésil. It was created in 1988 with depend on the northern part of the Goiás. Construction from a new capital, Palmas, began in 1989, even if several cities of the State dating from the time of Portuguese colonization could have claimed for this reason.

Geography

Tocantins belongs to the zone of transition between the Amazonian rain forest and savanna. So the geographical environments of the State are varied. The climate is tropical.

Tabular relief present of the croups relatively low at north and the east. The central and Western areas are consisted the plain of the Araguáia means, with the island of Bananal ( ilha C Bananal in Portuguese), the largest river island in the world, consisted two arms of Araguáia.

Many rivers sprinkle the State. Most important are the Rio Tocantins, the Rio Araguáia, the Rio C Sound system, the Rio das Balsas and the Rio Paranã.

The largest river island of the world, the island of Bananal is in Tocantins, on Rio Araguaia.

Economy

Following the example much of States of Brazil, the economy of Tocantins is dependant on the breeding of cattle. However the coconut plantations are very important not only for the domestic consumption of Brazil, but also for export in other countries of the Mercosur (Portuguese Mercosul). In the north of the state one also extracts from the plant oil in particular of the Palmier babaçu.

The federal government, sought to improve the economic outlooks for the State by financing and authorizing construction of a hydroelectric stopping for 452 MW power to Peixe Angical. This work located in the south of the State, barring the Rio Tocantins required the displacement of indigenous populations. In spite of that the contribution of the stopping to the economy cannot be questioned. Indeed only one turbine out of the five that the stopping comprises is enough to feed in electricity the entire State, the balance being sold in the other States of Brazil.

Population

The most populated cities are Palmas, Araguaína, Gurupi, and Oporto Nacional.

With the image of its very new capital Palmas, the population of the State is in rapid growth. Whereas it was only of: 1157098 inhabitants in 2000, it was assembled already to: 1305728 in 2005.

See also: Municipalities of Tocantins by population

Simple: Tocantins (state)

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