Guimarães, Maranhão
Guimarães | |
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Municipality | |
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Location in Maranhão | |
Guimarães Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 02°07′58″S 44°36′03″W / 2.13278°S 44.60083°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 ) | |
• Total | 11,997 |
| • Density | 20.035/km2 (51.891/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Guimarães is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. It was founded as New Guimarães (after Guimarães, Portugal) in 1758.
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.