This dissertation studies the use of the territory in the new municipalities of the state of
Tocantins. This state was created due to economic abandonment in relation to the former
south of Goiás. With the promulgation of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, new guarantees
were proposed, influencing the uses of the state by hegemonic and hegemonized actors. This
study turned to the new municipalities in the light of Milton Santos's theory of the territory
used. The territory is used by everything and by everyone, by those who have more use
capacity (the hegemonic actors) and by those who do not have such capacity (the
hegemonized actors), that is, that has the territory as shelter. Considering the creation of
Tocantins, the questions guiding the work were the following: what has changed in the
municipalities? Did the creation of the state resulted in more support? What structures were
created? The analysis, which focused on how each agent uses the territory, was based on maps
to verify the inequalities of uses in the new municipalities. The finding was that these latter do
not fulfill their real role as a federative members because they have many needs.
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