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Palmas
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Palmas is the capital city of Tocantins state in Brazil, located in the country's central region. It matters as an important administrative and economic center for the state, and was purpose-built as a modern planned city in the 1980s during a period of regional development in Brazil.
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- Instance of
- big city
- Demonym
- palmense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Tocantins
- Population
- 137045
- Area
- 2218.943
- Elevation
- 230
- Body of water
- Tocantins River
- Capital of
- Tocantins
- Shares border with
- Santa Tereza do Tocantins
- Official website
- www.palmas.to.gov.br
- Image
- Palmas TO - 40212596765.jpg
- Dialing code
- 63
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- Battle of Kulm
- topic's main category
- Category:Palmas, Tocantins
- Commons category
- Palmas
- twinned administrative body
- Colorado Springs
- Human Development Index
- 0.788
- inception
- 1989-05-20
- postal code
- 77060-000
- P8168
- Kurt H. Debus
- electorate
- 188151
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Encyclopedic overview
Palmas ( Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawmɐs], Palm trees; Akwẽ-Xerénte: Akwẽ krikahâzawre wam hã [akwẽ kɾikahəʐawɾɛ wam hə̃]) is the capital and largest city of the state of Tocantins, Brazil. According to IBGE estimates from 2020, the city had 306,296 inhabitants. Palmas has a metropolitan area with 471,639 inhabitants.
Palmas was founded in 1990 and developed from the ground up in a former agricultural area as the capital of the new state of Tocantins, formed under the 1988 constitution. It was intended to develop a relatively undeveloped area of the nation to provide better jobs for people. The city has a well-designed road system, and its urban zoning is modeled on that of Brasília, the national capital. A symmetrical park lies at the city centre, and a large central avenue similar to Brasília's Monumental Axis extends north to south. The city is home to the Federal University of Tocantins.
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