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Santa Inês
Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the municipality in the state of Maranhão. For the municipality in the state of Bahia, see Santa Inês, Bahia. For the sheep breed, see Santa Inês sheep.
Santa Inês is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the North-East region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
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Santa Inês Maranhão | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Praça da Matriz, Santa Inês | |
![]() Location in Maranhão | |
Coordinates: 3°40′8″S 45°23′2″W | |
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Region | Nordeste |
State | Maranhão |
Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 89,489 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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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.[6] It was emancipated from Pindaré Mirim in 1967.
The city has one of the most important railway stations on the Carajás Railway line.