The city of Almas is located in southeast of the state of Tocantins, one of the oldest municipalities in the state. Date of September 29, 1734, the arrival at the place of the first residents, having to face the Portuguese Manoel Rodrigues de Araujo, who toured the area in search of gold. Later came another Portuguese, Bernardo Homem who settled in the region around 1920, dedicated to the exploration of gold and widely employing slave labor. After the febrile phase of gold, the town went into decline again for a long time. Bernardo Homem is considered the founder of the city. The demographic and economic recovery only occurred decades later, with the introduction and raising cattle on some farms. The official area of the city of Almas currently 4.022km² and in the2010 census, listed with 7.586 inhabitants, with a population decrease in the order of 4.29% compared to the census of 2000.
