Mateiros is the easternmost city in the
state of
Tocantins. It is the only city in Tocantins to border the state of
Piauí
Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...
.
The municipality is in the
microregion of Jalapão.
Conservation
The municipality contains part of the
Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of
cerrado.
It contains part of the
Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park, created in 2002.
It also contains the
Jalapão State Park
Jalapão State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Jalapão) is a State park (Brazil), state park in the microregion of Jalapão in eastern Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Brazil.
It contains a variety of landscapes including cerrado vegetation, sand dunes ...
, a fully protected conservation unit created in 2001.
References
Municipalities in Tocantins
Populated places established in 1992
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