State of Maranhão (colonial)
Administrative division of the Portuguese Empire in northern South America (1621–1751) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The State of Maranhão (Portuguese: Estado do Maranhão) was the northern of two 17–18th century administrative divisions of the colonial Portuguese Empire in South America.
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State of Maranhão Estado do Maranhão | |||||||||
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1621–1751 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
Capital | São Luís | ||||||||
Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
• 1621 | Philip II | ||||||||
• 1706–1737 | John V | ||||||||
Captain-major | |||||||||
• 1621–1622 | Domingos da Costa Machado | ||||||||
• 1736–1737 | João Alves de Carvalho | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1621 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1751 | ||||||||
Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||
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