Araguaina

Araguaina is a Brazilian municipality of the country of Tocantins, North Region of the country. Its predicted population in 2018 changed into 177 517 inhabitants, being accordingly the second maximum populous of the kingdom, behind best the capital Palmas. The first cinema of Araguaina changed into mounted in December of 1960, below the call of Light Cinema, located inside the Avenue Castelo Branco, being its owner Carlos Oliveira of the Light. Later also the Cine Natal, of belongings of the Catholic Church, positioned in Praca Sao Luiz Orione. The first become deactivated in mid-March 1979, whilst its proprietor moved to Para. The 2nd, in turn, become rented to personal people, restricting programming to pornography and martial arts. The closure passed off in 1985 for legal motives, after the renter bring a troupe of actors to have live sex, scandal punished with the termination of the contract.

Araguaina has the Estadio Leoncio Miranda, also known as "Mirandao", administered with the aid of the kingdom government, with a capability of up to 15,000 fans and the place of command of the video games of Araguaina Futebol e Regatas, founded in 1997, and the Sociedade Esportiva Sparta, based in 2006. The first, dubbed "Tourao do Norte" through its supporters, have become the most famous soccer group within the kingdom, having played the Brazilian Championship Series C 2011 and turned into the first men's soccer crew in Tocantins, for the reason that introduction of the country, to upward push series in a countrywide opposition. Sparta, in flip, gained their first name within the Tocantinense Championship in 2016.