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Santa Helena, Maranhão

Coordinates: 02°13′51″S 45°18′00″W / 2.23083°S 45.30000°W / -2.23083; -45.30000
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Santa Helena
Municipality
The Municipality of Santa Helena
Nickname: 
"Pérola do Turí" (Pearl of Turi)
Location of Santa Helena in the State of Maranhão
Location of Santa Helena in the State of Maranhão
Coordinates: 02°13′51″S 45°18′00″W / 2.23083°S 45.30000°W / -2.23083; -45.30000
CountryBrazil
RegionNortheast
StateMaranhão
FoundedSeptember 30, 1935
Government
 • MayorHelena Maria Lobato Pavão (PTB)
Area
 • Total2,308.403 km2 (891.279 sq mi)
 [1]
Population
 (2020 [2])
 • Total42,483
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.600 – medium[3]
Websitewww.santahelena.ma.gov.br

Santa Helena is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ IBGE - [1]
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ [2] UNDP
  4. ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13