Guimarães, Maranhão

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
Region	Nordeste
State	Maranhão
Mesoregion	Norte Maranhense
Founded	1758
Area
• Total	598.796 km2 (231.196 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	11,997
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC -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]

Notable residents

• Maria Firmina dos Reis (1825 – 1917), abolitionist and author

See also

• List of municipalities in Maranhão