Santa Inês

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 Maranhão
Municipality
Praça da Matriz, Santa Inês
Praça da Matriz, Santa Inês
Flag of Santa Inês Maranhão
Flag
Coat of arms of Santa Inês Maranhão
Coat of arms
Location in Maranhão
Location in Maranhão
Santa Inês Maranhão is located in Brazil
Santa Inês Maranhão
Santa Inês Maranhão
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 3°40′8″S 45°23′2″W / 3.66889°S 45.38389°W / -3.66889; -45.38389
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
Elevation
79 ft (24 m)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total
89,489
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Santa Inês is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the North-East region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6-hectare (4,386,208-acre) 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.

Geography

The city's climate is tropical with a dry season.

See also

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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