Tocantins

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 .
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is the capital of the State of Tocantins. Like the country's capital, , and several other state capitals, it was built out of nowhere to house the government of its new-born state.

is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of . Its population was 3,588 and its area is 1,041 km2. The municipality contains 21% of the 73,345 hectares Rio Ivinhema State Park, created in 1998.

is a city in the state of Tocantins. It was founded in the 18th century by miners from the city of Goias.

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is a semi-arid microregion in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. Parts of the microregion have dramatic landscapes with large orange sand dunes, towering rock formations and fast-flowing clear rivers and streams.

Tocantins

Latitude of center
-10.5° or 10° 30′ south
Longitude of center
-48° or 48° west
Population
1,570,000
Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)
Abbreviation
“TO”
Geo­Names ID
3474575
Wiki­data ID
Q43695
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tocantins” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Tocantins
  • Arabic: توكانتبنز
  • Arabic: توكانتينز
  • Arabic: توكانتينس
  • Armenian: Տոկանտինս
  • Asturian: Tocantins
  • Aymara: Tocantins Istadu
  • Aymara: Tocantins
  • Azerbaijani: Tokantins
  • Basque: Tocantins
  • Belarusian: Такантынс (штат)
  • Belarusian: Такантынс
  • Belarusian: штат Такантынс
  • Bengali: টোক্যান্টিন
  • Bishnupriya: টোকানটিনস
  • Bosnian: Tocantins
  • Breton: Tocantins
  • Bulgarian: Токантинс
  • Catalan: Estat de Tocantins
  • Catalan: Tocantins
  • Cebuano: Tocantins (estado)
  • Cebuano: Tocantins
  • Chinese: Tocantins
  • Chinese: 托坎廷斯
  • Chinese: 托坎廷斯州
  • Chinese: 托坎廷斯河
  • Chuvash: Токантинс
  • Cornish: Tocantins
  • Crimean Tatar: Tokantins
  • Croatian: Tocantins
  • Czech: Tocantins
  • Danish: Tocantins
  • Dutch: Tocantins
  • Dzongkha: ཏོ་ཀན་ཏིནསི་
  • Esperanto: Tocantins
  • Esperanto: Tokantinso
  • Estonian: Tocantinsi osariik
  • Finnish: Tocantins
  • French: Tocantins
  • Galician: Tocantins
  • Georgian: ტოკანტინსი
  • German: Bundesstaat Tocantins
  • German: TO
  • German: Tocantins
  • Greek: Τοκαντίνς
  • Guarani: Tukãtĩ
  • Gujarati: ટોકેન્ટિન્સ
  • Hebrew: טוקנטינס
  • Hindi: टोकाचिस
  • Hindi: टोकांटिस
  • Hindi: टोकैनिस
  • Hungarian: Tocantins
  • Hungarian: Tocatins
  • Ido: Tocantins
  • Indonesian: Negara Bagian Tocantins
  • Indonesian: Tocantins
  • Interlingua: Tocantins
  • Irish: Tocantins
  • Italian: Stato di Tocantins
  • Italian: TO
  • Italian: Tocantins
  • Japanese: トカンチンス州
  • Japanese: トカンティンス州
  • Kannada: ಟೊಕಂಟಿನ್ಸ್
  • Kazakh: Токантинс
  • Korean: 토칸칭스주
  • Ladino: Tocantins
  • Latin: civitas Tocantinensis
  • Latin: Civitas Tocantinensis
  • Latin: Tocantins
  • Latvian: Tokantinsa
  • Limburgan: Tocantins
  • Lithuanian: Tokantinsas
  • Lithuanian: Tokantinso valstija
  • Macedonian: Токантинс
  • Malagasy: Tocantins
  • Malay: Tocantins
  • Marathi: तोकांतिन्स
  • Marathi: तोकान्तिन्स
  • Mazanderani: توکانتینس
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tocantins
  • Mingrelian: ტოკანტინსი
  • Northern Frisian: Tocantins
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tocantins
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tocantins
  • Norwegian: Tocantins
  • Occitan (post 1500): Estat de Tocantins
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tocantins
  • Ossetian: Токантинс
  • Persian: توکانتینس
  • Piemontese: Tocantins
  • Polish: Tocantins
  • Portuguese: Estado do Tocantins
  • Portuguese: TO
  • Portuguese: Tocantins
  • Quechua: Tocantins suyu
  • Quechua: Tocantins
  • Romanian: Tocantins
  • Russian: Токантинс
  • Scots: Tocantins
  • Serbian: Токантинс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tocantins
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tokantins
  • Sinhala: ටෝකන්ටින්ස් ප්‍රාන්තය, බ්‍රසීලය
  • Sinhala: ටෝකන්ටින්ස්
  • Slovak: Tocantins
  • Slovenian: Estado do Tocantins
  • Slovenian: TO
  • Slovenian: Tocantins
  • Slovenian: Zvezna država Tocantins
  • Spanish: Estado de Tocantins
  • Spanish: Estado del Tocantins
  • Spanish: Tocantins
  • Swahili: Tocantins
  • Swedish: Tocantins
  • Tajik: Токантинс
  • Tajik: Токантинш
  • Tamil: டோகாண்டின்ஸ்
  • Tatar: Токантинс
  • Telugu: టొకాంటిన్స్
  • Tetum: Tocantins
  • Thai: รัฐโตกังจิงช์
  • Thai: รัฐโตกันชีนส์
  • Turkish: BR-TO
  • Turkish: Estado do Tocantins
  • Turkish: TO
  • Turkish: Tocantins (eyalet)
  • Turkish: Tocantins eyaleti
  • Turkish: Tocantins
  • Ukrainian: Токантінс
  • Urdu: توکانتینس
  • Uzbek: Tokantins
  • Venetian: Tocantins
  • Vietnamese: Tocantins
  • Volapük: Tocantins
  • Waray (Philippines): Tocantins
  • Welsh: Tocantins
  • Western Panjabi: توکانتیس
  • Wu Chinese: 托坎廷斯州
  • Yoruba: Tocantins
  • Yue Chinese: 托坎廷斯州
  • BR-TO
  • ma Tocantins
  • ma Tokansin
  • TO
  • Tocantins

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