Bom Jesus do Tocantins is a municipality

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 Pará

Pará

Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...

. Its population was 13.913 (2004), and its area is 2,816.425 km². The municipality was founded on May 10, 1988, after separating from São João do Araguaia

São João do Araguaia

São João do Araguaia is a town and municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.-References:...

 city.

The districts of Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Vila São Raimundo and Vila Carne do Sul are part of the municipality. There is an Indian reservation

Indian reservation

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 in the municipality, named Mãe Maria, inhabited by the Gavião people, which are the Kyikatejê and Parkatejê villages.

Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube

Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube

Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube, commonly known as Gavião Kyikatejê, is a Brazilian football club based in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará state. They are the first professional indigenous football club in Brazil.-History:...

 is the football club based in the city.