Palmas is a Brazilian municipal district, capital and larger city of the state of Tocantins, in the North Area of Brazil. It is located to a latitude 10º12'46 " South and a longitude 48º21'37 " West, being to Rio Tocantins's right margin and an altitude of 230 meters. Its population esteemed in July of 2005 belonged to 208.165 inhabitants. It is the newest of the cities drifted in Brazil for they be capital of state. It was founded on May 20, 1989, but even so, it was just on January 1, 1990 (not very more than one year after the creation of Tocantins, that happened on October 5, 1988 with the entrance in vigor of the current Constitution of Brazil), that Palmas became the capital of Tocantins. Since at that time of its foundation, there were not facilities to shelter the partitions of the Government from Tocantins. Demograficamente is the smallest capital of Brazil, with 208.165 inhabitants, followed by Boa Vista (242.179 inhabitants) (estimates of July of 2005 - IBGE). Resulting history of the desmembramento of the State of Goiás for the Constitution of 1988, was founded on May 20, 1989, with the construction of the planned city. It was installed as capital on January 1, 1990 and the constituted powers were transferred of the capital provisória, Miracema of Tocantins, because there still were not public buildings to occupy. Its name was chosen in honor to District of São João of the Palm, the first movement separatist's of the area headquarters, installed in 1809 in Rio Palm's bar with Rio Paranã. Another factor that influenced the name was the great amount of palm trees in the area. With 17 its years population utrapassa the 200 thousand inhabitants. Seventy percent of the inhabited blocks is already paved. The same happening with basic saneamento and treated water that it arrives at 98% of the assisted population. In a general way the city is characterized by its planning, because it was almost created in the same form of Brasília, with the preservation of areas environmental, good squares, hospitals and schools.