Santo Amaro do Maranhão

Santo Amaro do Maranhão
Municipality
Interactive map of Santo Amaro do Maranhão
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
MesoregionNorte Maranhense
Population
 (2020 )
 • Total
16,034
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Santo Amaro do Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

The municipality contains part of the 1,535,310-hectare (3,793,800-acre) Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.

The city os Santo Amaro do Maranhão is one of the 3 that are part of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, an uncommon landscape which mixes dunes and cristal clear lakes.

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