Porto Nacional Explained

Official Name:Porto Nacional
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:250px
Coordinates:-10.7078°N -48.4169°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brazil
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Norte
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Tocantins
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Paulo Alves Mourão (PT)
Area Total Km2:4449.917
Population Total:53,316
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Density Km2:11.04
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3

Porto Nacional is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Tocantins. The population was 53,316 (2020) in an area of 4450km2, including both rural and urban areas.

Geography

It is located approximately in the center of the state at a distance of 60 km. from the state capital of Palmas, which lies to the north on highway TO-050 Porto Nacional lies on the right bank of the important Tocantins River, which flows north to join the Araguaia River. Leaving from the capital of Goiás, Goiânia, it is located at a distance of 769 km, taking the BR-153 (Belém-Brasília) and then TO-255.

The city is served by Porto Nacional Airport.

Economy

The main economic activities are cattle raising and the growing of crops like soybeans, pineapple, rice, mamona, corn, and sorghum.

Planted area of main crops in 2006

Farm data for 2006

Health and education

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBGE 2020 . 26 January 2021.