Couto de Magalhães
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Couto de Magalhães is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins
. Its population was 4,887 (2007) and its area is 1,586 km² (612.4 mi²), a density of 3.07 people/km² (8 people/mi²). It is located 150 m (492.1 ft) above sea level. The demonym
is Coutense.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins
Tocantins (state)
Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil. . The state was formed in 1988 out of the northern part of Goiás, and construction began on the capital, Palmas, in 1989, in contrast to most of the other cities in the state which date back to the Portuguese colonial period...
. Its population was 4,887 (2007) and its area is 1,586 km² (612.4 mi²), a density of 3.07 people/km² (8 people/mi²). It is located 150 m (492.1 ft) above sea level. The demonym
Demonym
A demonym , also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality. A demonym is usually – though not always – derived from the name of the locality; thus, the demonym for the people of England is English, and the demonym for the people of Italy is Italian, yet, in english, the one...
is Coutense.