Mateiros

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Mateiros
Municipality
The Municipality of Mateiros
Location of Mateiros in the State of Tocantins
Location of Mateiros in the State of Tocantins
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Country  Brazil
Region North
State Bandeira do Tocantins.svg Tocantins
Founded January 1, 1992
Area
 • Total 9,591.543 km2 (3,703.315 sq mi)
Elevation 493 m (1,617 ft)
Population (2008)
 • Total 1,788
 • Density 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
  [1]
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-2 (UTC-2)
HDI (2000) 0.584 – medium[2]

Mateiros is the easternmost city in the state of Tocantins. It is the only city in Tocantins to border the state of Piauí

The municipality contains part of the 707,079 hectares (1,747,230 acres) Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.[3]

References

  1. IBGE 2008 statistics
  2. [1] - UNDP
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