MATOPIBA

MATOPIBA is an acronym that designates the region that extends across the territories of four Brazilian states: Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, and Bahia.^[1]

Brazil's MATOPIBA region

Monoculture, São Desidério, in the MATOPIBA region.

The region is made up of 31 micro-regions, covering roughly 73 million hectares. It includes 337 municipalities, with 324,326 agricultural establishments, 42 conservation units, 28 indigenous territories, 865 agrarian reform settlements, and 34 quilombola areas.^[2][3]

See also

• North–South Railway (Brazil)
• Brazilian Highway System
• BR-135 (Brazil highway)
• BR-242 (Brazil highway)
• BR-020 (Brazil highway)
• Monoculture
• Agriculture in Brazil
• BR-235 (Brazil highway)

References

1. Macedo, Jorge Luiz de; Nääs, Irenilza de Alencar (29 June 2022). "Energy Consumption and Regional Development in the Matopiba Region Between 2000 and 2020". European Journal of Sustainable Development Research. 6 (4): em0195. doi:10.21601/ejosdr/12192. ISSN 2542-4742. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
2. "SPATIAL DISCONTINUITY FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE MATOPIBA BORDER INSTITUTION" (PDF). brsa.org.
3. "Projections estimate a 37% increase in grain production in Matopiba". revistacultivar.com.