Pinheiro, Maranhão

Pinheiro is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Pinheiro
Municipality
The Municipality of Pinheiro
An avenue in Pinheiro
Flag
Seal
Nickname(s): 
"Princesa da Baixada" (Princess of the Baixada[1])
Location of Pinheiro in the State of Maranhão
Coordinates: 02°31′15″S 45°04′58″W
CountryBrazil
RegionNortheast
StateMaranhão
FoundedSeptember 3, 1856
Government
  MayorLuciano Genésio (Avante)
Area
  Total1,465.503 km2 (565.834 sq mi)
 [2]
Population
 (2020 [3])
  Total83,777
  Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)
HDI (2000)0.639 – medium[4]
Websitewww.pinheiro.ma.gov.br

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.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Baixada" is a Brazilian word for flat areas near the sea
  2. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. IBGE 2020
  4. Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine UNDP
  5. APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13


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