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At the margins of a beautiful lake Confusão is all tourism, and even a Tourist Bureau. The lake, only discovered in 1941, is very popular among the local people and even Palmas citizens. Although the village itself has little to offer, it can be crowded during weekends and holidays. There are plenty of hotels, pousadas and restaurants.
A good place to start your visit to the Bananal Island, 60km away. Distance from Palmas is 200km.
Lagoa da confusão is the name of the lake and the name of the village as well. The sandy beach of 1km at the village is bordered
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History
Soil fertility coupled with the mild climate offered by the hills surrounding the city, are factors that contributed to the development of Taguatinga. The human occupation of the region began around the 18th century with the installation of Fazenda Brejo farm, which attracted many people around, depending on the fresh water existing in their lands. Apart from agricultural activities, the city also served as a support to miners and traders who exploited the gold mines of the region. In 1894 he built the chapel of Santa Maria. The chapel’s altar was decorated with the image of Nossa Senhora da
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The city was created on November 12, 1953 and installed on January 1, 1954. Its origin dates from 1920, when merchant Montano Araripe Nunes arrived, coming from Balsas (MA), and established a small business, thus giving start to a village called Porto do Sítio. Later, the town was named Santanópolis and later served as subordinate to the district municipality of Pedro Afonso. In 1953, the district was elevated to municipality, under the name Goiatins.
Touristic highlights: rio Manoel Alves Grande and Cachoeira do Bráulio.
Popular festivals – São Francisco de Assis, festa do Divino and Festa de São João.
Distance from Palmas: 504
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Located 178 km from state capital of Tocantins, Palmas, Guaraí had its beginning boosted by the BR-153 federal highway that came to pass Guará farm owned by Mr Pacífico Silva. Soon the village “Guará” became more important than Tupirama (city nearby). It was there that Mr. Osvaldo Dantas de Sá, joined with some residents to fight for the transfer of headquarters (Tupirama) for the village Guará, managed by State Law No. 1177 of November 5, 1968. From there, the village Guará municipalized with the Guaraí name, meaning “little wolf” (the indigenous language Tupi-Guarani). The founder of Pacific Guaraí was Silva
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Initially it was inhabited by Augusto Pereira and called Centro do Augusto; in
district status, it was called Augustinópolis and, when it became a city, retained that name.
The religious festival is celebrated in the city in June, in honor of Santa Rita de Cássia, patroness of
Parish.
Patroness: Santa Rita de Cássia(May 22)
Distance from Palmas: 605 km
History
The story of Gurupi started precisely in 1932, when Benjamim Rodrigues arrives at the place. At first, the region was inhabited by Xerentes Indians, which were slowly moving away from the place as a result of the presence of the first explorers who came to the region attracted by the discovery of crystal and with the possibility to create farmland and agricultural production. In the ’50s, the city had a developmental momentum with administrative and political emancipation and the arrival of Belém-Brasília highway (BR-153). Soon, the progress of Gurupi was accelerated, turning it into an important industrial and commercial hub
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It is the largest public square in the world, including the Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen) in Beijing and Moscow’s Red Square. It is considered as the administrative center of the state of Tocantins, and located on it are all three branches of government (executive, legislative and judiciary), including most government departments. Interestingly, one can observe that the movement of people in the square is much smaller than at in the adjacent areas. This is due to the huge “void” intentionally occupied by the square, in a way to avoid popular demonstrations in the vicinity of the Araguaia Palace. Also note that
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Dianópolis’s story begins in 1750 with the founding of a village in the place where the Governor of the Captaincy, Don Marcos de Noronha, determined that the Jesuits group the indians in a village. This led to the creation of the missions of Missões de São Francisco de Xavier and Ouro, later known as D’Ouro and then Duro, circa 1754. For over a century, the place was called São José do Duro, in honor of patron São José in 1938, the village was elevated to city status, named in honor of the sisters Dianópolis custodian of the place, better known
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The origin of Arraias is directly linked to mining. The first inhabitants came because of the discovery of a rich gold mining in the Chapada dos Negros, in 1736. The mines attracted large numbers of people, mainly from Bahia, that with the help of slaves, founded the first settlements. In the year 1740, the governor of the captaincy of São Paulo, D. Luiz Mascarenhas, undertook the trip to Natividade. With the aid of Captain Felipe Antonio Cardoso, they found several camps, among them, the Arraias. Because of the large development provided for extracting the gold, Arraias was elevated to town
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Inhabitants: 8.000
Distance from Palmas: 230km
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