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Bacabeira

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Bacabeira
Municipality
Flag of Bacabeira
Coat of arms of Bacabeira
Location in Maranhão
Location in Maranhão
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
MesoregionNorte Maranhense
Population
 (2020 [1])
  Total
17,252
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Bacabeira is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast 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] The municipality contains part of the 1,535,310 hectares (3,793,800 acres) Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.[7]

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