Monte Santo do Tocantins is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
state of
Tocantins
Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 20 ...
in the
Northern region of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The municipality contains 1.2% of the
Ilha do Bananal / Cantão Environmental Protection Area
The Ilha do Bananal / Cantão Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteção Ambiental Ilha do Bananal/Cantão or Leandro Environmental Protection Area is an Environmental protection area (Brazil), environmental protection area in the stat ...
, created in 1997.
See also
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List of municipalities in Tocantins
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Tocantins (TO), located in the North Region of Brazil. Tocantins is divided into 139 municipalities, which are grouped into 8 microregions, which are grouped into 2 mesoregions.
See al ...
References
Municipalities in Tocantins
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