Viana
Municipality
Flag of Viana
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Location in Maranhão
Location in Maranhão
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StateMaranhão
MesoregionNorte Maranhense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total52,649
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Viana is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

Languages

The Gamela language was spoken in the municipality of Viana.[6]

Geography

The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[7]

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ Nimuendajú, Curt. 1937. The Gamella Indians. Primitive Man 10. 58-71.
  7. ↑ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13

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