The Tocantins River is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country. In the Tupi language, its name means "toucan's beak". It runs from south to north for about 2,450 km. It is not really a branch of the Amazon River, since its waters flow into the Atlantic Ocean alongside those of the Amazon. It flows through four Brazilian states and gives its name to one of Brazil's newest states, formed in 1988 from what was until then the northern portion of Goiás.
Tocantins 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. Tocantins covers 277,620.91 square kilometres (107,190.03 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014. 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.
Palmas is the capital and largest city of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. According to IBGE estimates from 2020, the city had 306,296 inhabitants.
BR-153 is a major federal highway of Brazil, officially named the Transbrasiliana Highway. It also serves as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway in the stretch located between the cities of Wanderlândia, in the state of Tocantins, and Anápolis, in the state of Goiás.
Gurupi, Tocantins is a city and a municipality in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. The estimated population was 87,545 inhabitants in 2020, the third-largest in the state, and the total area of the municipality was 1,836 kmª. The elevation is around 287 meters in the city.
Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to:
Palmas Futebol e Regatas, or Palmas, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Palmas in Tocantins, founded on 31 January 1997. It competes in the Campeonato Tocantinense, the top flight of the Tocantins state football league.
Bom Jesus do Tocantins is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. Its population is estimated at 5,008 (2020), and its area is 1333 km².
The Federal University of Tocantins is the public, federal university of the state of Tocantins, in Brazil. The university has campuses spread throughout the entire state, as in Araguaína, Arraias, Gurupi, Miracema, Palmas, Porto Nacional and Tocantinópolis.
Tocantins Futebol Clube, also known as Tocantins, are a Brazilian football team from Palmas, Tocantins. They competed in the Série D in 2009.
Gurupi Esporte Clube, commonly known as Gurupi, is a Brazilian football club based in Gurupi, Tocantins state. They competed three times in the Série C.
Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube, commonly known as Gavião Kyikatejê, is a Brazilian football club based in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará state. They are the first professional indigenous football club in Brazil.
Bom Jesus do Tocantins is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Pará. Its population was 17,118 (2020), and its area is 2,816.425 km². The municipality was founded on May 10, 1988, after separating from São João do Araguaia city.
Tocantins Esporte Clube, commonly known as Tocantins or Tocantins de Miracema, is a Brazilian football club based in Miracema do Tocantins, Tocantins state.
Tocantinópolis Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Tocantinópolis, is a Brazilian professional club based in Tocantinópolis, Tocantins founded on 1 January 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Tocantinense, the top flight of the Tocantins state football league.
The Federação Tocantinense de Futebol was founded on April 7, 1990, and it manages all the official football tournaments within the state of Tocantins, which include the Campeonato Tocantinense and the Copa Tocantins, and represents the clubs at the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). Politician Leomar Quintanilha is the president of the organization since its foundation.
The following lists events that happened in the year 1989 in Brazil.
The Campeonato Tocantinense Second Division is the second tier of the football league of the state of Tocantins, Brazil.
The Copa Tocantins is a tournament organized by Federação Tocantinense de Futebol in order to decide how club would be the representative of the state at Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and Copa do Brasil.
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