Santa Helena, Maranhão
Santa Helena is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
Santa Helena | |
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Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Santa Helena | |
| Nickname(s): "Pérola do Turí" (Pearl of Turi) | |
 Location of Santa Helena in the State of Maranhão | |
| Coordinates: 02°13′51″S 45°18′00″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Maranhão |
| Founded | September 30, 1935 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Helena Maria Lobato Pavão (PTB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,308.403 km2 (891.279 sq mi) |
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| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 40,356 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.600 – medium[3] |
| Website | www.santahelena.ma.gov.br |
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.[4]
See also
References
- IBGE -
- "2012 Populational Estimate" (PDF). Censo Populacional 2012. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2012.
- UNDP
- APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13
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