Santo Amaro do Maranhão

Santo Amaro do Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.^[2][3][4][5]

Country Brazil

TimezoneUTC−3 (BRT)

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Santo Amaro do Maranhão
Municipality
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Interactive map of Santo Amaro do Maranhão
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Maranhão
Mesoregion	Norte Maranhense
Population  (2020 [1])
• Total	16,034
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

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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.^[6]

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.