Founded 1758 Elevation 41 m Population 12,105 (2010) | Region Nordeste Mesoregion Norte Maranhense Time zone UTC -3 Area 598.8 km² | |
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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.
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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
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Guimarães, Maranhão Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA