Palmas, Tocantins
Palmas on the map of Tocantins
Palma is the capital of the Brazilian state of Tocantins.
After its founding in 1990, she is the youngest of all Brazilian state capitals. It has about 180,000 inhabitants, the municipality has an area of about 2500 square kilometers. Palmas is located on the Rio Tocantins in 230 meters. The distance to the federal capital, Brasília is approximately 1000 km, the nearest major city Goiânia is nearly 900 miles away.
Palmas has a hot and dry climate with an annual average temperature of 27 ° C, but in summer the temperature increases regularly up to 40 ° C.
History
The Department of the State of Tocantins Goiás and the establishment of Palma as the capital of the new state was decided in the framework of a constitutional amendment in 1988.
The foundation of the city was laid on 20 May 1989. The municipality of Palmas was separated from the municipalities of Porto Nacional and Taquarassu do Porto. Namesake for the city was São João da Palma, seat of an independence movement that had established itself in the early 19th century in the area, as well as the many palm trees that characterize the nature around Palma.
On January 1, 1990, the government bodies of Miracema do Tocantins were moved to Palmas, Palmas so was the capital.
Raul Filho ( PT) in 2004 was elected with 64.5 percent for mayor.
Archdiocese of Palmas
- Archdiocese of Palmas
Economy
Palmas lives from the processing of agricultural products, which are produced in the area. In addition, the construction industry and trade have meaning. For the settlement of companies there are subsidies. The port of Palma serves as a transportation hub to transport the products of the region to the consumer.
The city is trying to distinguish itself as an environmentally friendly city and to earn additional income in ecotourism. In fact, there are several Palmas to nature reserves, waterfalls in the jungle and beautiful river beaches.
The city is supplied with a specially built hydropower plant, which converted the former Rio Tocantins to a reservoir with power. However, because the infrastructure of the power grid is not perfectly developed, it often comes to power outages in individual city blocks of Palmas.
- Place in Tocantins
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