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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
Municipality
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Location in Maranhão
Guimarães
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 02°07′58″S 44°36′03″W
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
MesoregionNorte Maranhense
Founded1758
Area
 • Total598.796 km2 (231.196 sq mi)
Elevation
41 m (135 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total11,997
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC -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]


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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

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