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Guimarães
Municipality
Flag of GuimarãesFlag
Location in MaranhãoLocation in Maranhão
Guimarães is located in BrazilGuimarãesGuimarãesLocation in Brazil
Coordinates: 02°07′58″S 44°36′03″W / 2.13278°S 44.60083°W / -2.13278; -44.60083
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
MesoregionNorte Maranhense
Founded1758
Area
 • Total598.796 km (231.196 sq mi)
Elevation41 m (135 ft)
Population
 • Total11,997
 • Density20/km (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC -3

Guimarães is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. It was founded as New Guimarães (after Guimarães, Portugal) in 1758.

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.

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13
Municipalities in Maranhão
Capital: São Luís
Centro Maranhense
Alto Mearim e Grajaú
Médio Mearim
Presidente Dutra
Leste Maranhense
Baixo Parnaíba
Maranhense
Caxias
Chapadas do
Alto Itapecuru
Chapadinha
Codó
Coelho Neto
Norte Maranhense
Aglomeração Urbana
de São Luís
Baixada Maranhense
Itapecuru Mirim
Lençois Maranhenses
Litoral Ocidental
Maranhense
Rosário
Oeste Maranhense
Gurupi
Imperatriz
Pindaré
Sul Maranhense
Chapadas das Mangabeiras
Gerais de Balsas
Porto Franco

2°07′58″S 44°36′03″W / 2.13278°S 44.6008°W / -2.13278; -44.6008

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