Tocantins

Not to be confused with Tonantins.
For other uses, see Tocantins (disambiguation).
Tocantins
State
Flag of Tocantins
Flag
Coat of arms of Tocantins
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
"Co yvy ore retama"
(Translated from Tupi: "This land is ours")
Anthem: Hino do Tocantins
Location of State of Tocantins in Brazil
Location of State of Tocantins in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°11′S 48°20′W / 10.183°S 48.333°W / -10.183; -48.333
Country Brazil
FoundedOctober 5, 1988
Capital and largest cityPalmas
Government
 • GovernorWanderlei Barbosa (Republicanos)
 • Vice GovernorLaurez da Rocha Moreira (PDT)
 • SenatorsEduardo Gomes (PL)
Irajá Abreu (PSD)
Dorinha Rezende (UNIÃO)
Area
 • Total
277,620.91 km2 (107,190.03 sq mi)
 • Rank10th
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
1,511,460
 • Rank24th
 • Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
  • Rank22nd
DemonymTocantinense
GDP
[2]
 • TotalR$ 51.781 billion
(US$ 9.605 billion)
HDI
 • Year2021
 • Category0.731[3] – high (13th)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
77000-000 to 77999-000
ISO 3166 codeBR-TO
License plate letter sequenceMVL to MXG, OLH to OLN, OYA to OYC, QKA to QKM, QWA to QWF, RSA to RSF
Websiteto.gov.br

Tocantins (Brazilian Portuguese: [tokɐ̃ˈtʃĩs] ⓘ[a]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás.[4] Tocantins covers 277,620.91 square kilometres (107,190.03 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014.[5] Construction of its capital, Palmas, began in 1989; most of the other cities in the state date to the Portuguese colonial period. With the exception of Araguaína, there are few other cities with a significant population in the state. The government has invested in a new capital, a major hydropower dam, railroads and related infrastructure to develop this primarily agricultural area. The state has 0.75% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 0.5% of the Brazilian GDP.

Tocantins has attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents, primarily to Palmas. It is building on its hydropower resources. The Araguaia and Tocantins rivers drain the largest watershed that lies entirely inside Brazilian territory. The Rio Tocantins has been dammed for hydropower, creating a large reservoir that has become a center of recreation. Because it is in the central zone of the country, Tocantins has characteristics of the Amazon Basin, and also semi-open pastures, known as cerrado. The Bananal Island (Ilha do Bananal), in the southwest of the State, is the second largest fluvial island in the world.[6] Tocantins is also home to the Araguaia National Park, the Carajás Indian reservations, and Jalapão State Park, which is about 250 kilometres (160 mi) from Palmas. There, the rivers create oases in the dry landscape, attracting many ecotourists to the region.

  1. ^ "2022 Census Overview" (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ "PIB por Unidade da Federação, 2021". ibge.gov.br.
  3. ^ "Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil. Pnud Brasil, Ipea e FJP, 2022". www.atlasbrasil.org.br. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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