Guimarães is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] It was founded as New Guimarães (after Guimarães, Portugal) in 1758.
Guimarães | |
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Municipality | |
 Flag | |
 Location in Maranhão | |
  Guimarães Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 02°07′58″S 44°36′03″W / 2.13278°S 44.60083°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhão |
| Mesoregion | Norte Maranhense |
| Founded | 1758 |
| Area | |
• Total | 598.796 km2 (231.196 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 11,997 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (52/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[6]
Notable residents
edit- Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825 – 1917), abolitionist and author
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13
2°07′58″S 44°36′03″W / 2.13278°S 44.6008°W
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