Mateiros
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Mateiros
|settlement_type = Municipality
|official_name = The Municipality of Mateiros
|nickname = "The Sun of Amazonia" ("O Sol da Amazônia")
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|imagesize = 250px
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|image_map = Tocantins Municip Mateiros.svg
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|map_caption = Location of Mateiros in the State of Tocantins
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_type2 = State
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}
|subdivision_name1 = North
|subdivision_name2 = Image:Bandeira do Tocantins.svg Tocantins
|leader_title = Mayor
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = January 1, 1992
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 9591.543
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|population_as_of = 2020 {{cite web |title=IBGE 2020 |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/to/mateiros/panorama |access-date=26 January 2021}}
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|population_total = 2,729
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|population_density_km2 = 0.2
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|timezone = BRT
|utc_offset = −3
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|coordinates = {{coord|05|15|25|S|48|12|00|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 493
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|footnotes =
|blank_name = HDI (2000)
|blank_info = 0.584 – medium[http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |date=2009-10-03 }} - UNDP
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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.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Como chegar/Mapa – Turismo Tocantins}}|language=pt |title=Como chegar/Mapa|work=Turismo Tocantins |url=http://turismo.to.gov.br/regioes-turisticas/encantos-do-jalapao/como-chegarmapa/|access-date=2016-06-11}}
Conservation
The municipality contains part of the {{convert|707079|ha}} Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado.{{citation|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=76|access-date=2016-05-28}}
It contains part of the {{convert|724324|ha}} Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park, created in 2002.{{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=pt |title=Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional das Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente |url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=156|access-date=2016-05-01}}
It also contains the {{convert|158885|ha}} Jalapão State Park, a fully protected conservation unit created in 2001.{{citation|ref={{harvid|PES do Jalapão– ISA}}|language=pt |title=PES do Jalapão|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/3235|access-date=2016-06-11}}
See also
References
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Category:Municipalities in Tocantins
Category:Populated places established in 1992
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