Mateiros

Mateiros
Municipality
The Municipality of Mateiros
Nickname:  "The Sun of Amazonia" ("O Sol da Amazônia")
Location of Mateiros in the State of Tocantins
Coordinates: 05°15′25″S 48°12′00″W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Tocantins
Founded	January 1, 1992
Area
• Total	9,591.543 km^2 (3,703.315 sq mi)
Elevation	493 m (1,617 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	2,729
• Density	0.2/km^2 (0.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
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 is in the microregion of Jalapão.[3]

Conservation

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.[4] It contains part of the 724,324 hectares (1,789,840 acres) Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park, created in 2002.[5] It also contains the 158,885 hectares (392,610 acres) Jalapão State Park, a fully protected conservation unit created in 2001.[6]

See also

• List of municipalities in Tocantins
• Mumbuca

References

1. "IBGE 2020". Retrieved 26 January 2021.
2. [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine - UNDP
3. "Como chegar/Mapa", Turismo Tocantins (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-06-11
4. Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-28
5. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional das Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-01
6. PES do Jalapão (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-11