Country Brazil State Maranhão Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3) Area 2,264 km² | Region Northeast Founded April 8, 1920 Website Coroatá Online Elevation 35 m | |
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Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão.
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History
It was settled by the Portuguese and became a village in 1843. By 1912 work on railroads, to give greater connection to cities, had occurred. In 1920 Coroatá was incorporated as a city and 1920 is deemed its "founding." It has a population of 62,442.
Religion
The population is 75.1% Catholic and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá is located there. In addition to Catholics 14.2% are Protestant, 2.3% belong to other forms of Christianity, 0.3% are of Afro-Brazilian religion, 0.1% of other religions, and 8% are of no religion.
Mayors of Coroatá
Notable native
References
Coroatá Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA