Pinheiro, Maranhão
Pinheiro | |
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Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Pinheiro | |
 An avenue in Pinheiro | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Princesa da Baixada" (Princess of the Baixada[1]) | |
 Location of Pinheiro in theState of Maranhão | |
| Coordinates:02°31′15″S45°04′58″W/ 2.52083°S 45.08278°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Maranhão |
| Founded | September 3, 1856 |
| Government | |
| •Mayor | Luciano Genésio (Avante) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,465.503 km2(565.834 sq mi) |
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| Population (2020[3]) | |
| • Total | 83,777 |
| • Density | 57/km2(150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3(BRT) |
| HDI(2000) | 0.639 –medium[4] |
| Website | pinheiro.ma.gov.br |
Pinheirois amunicipalityin thestateofMaranhãoin theNortheast regionofBrazil.
The municipality contains a small part of theBaixada 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.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Baixada" is a Brazilian word for flat areas near the sea
- ^IBGE-"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon January 9, 2007.RetrievedAugust 3,2014.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^IBGE 2020
- ^[1]Archived2009-10-03 at theWayback MachineUNDP
- ^APA Baixada Maranhense(in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental,retrieved2016-06-13
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