Historical Spatial Differentiation of Urban Networks in Tocantins State

Abstract

Using a historical-geographical approach, which involves the systematic analysis of the constitution of territory, we present the historical phases of the development of urban networks in Tocantins State. Processes of differentiation between its centers since the 18th century are traced from the first urban nuclei, which arose in the north of colonial Goias, up to the building of the state capital, Palmas, in the new state of Tocantins by the end of the 20th century.