Pinheiro (Maranhao)

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Município de Pinheiro
"Princesa da Baixada"
Pinheiro
Main street in Pinheiro
Main street in Pinheiro
Pinheiro (Brazil)
Pinheiro
Pinheiro
Coordinates 2 ° 31 ′  S , 45 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 2 ° 31 ′  S , 45 ° 5 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
flag
flag
founding 3rd September 1856 (age 163)Template: Infobox location in Brazil / maintenance
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Maranhão
Waters Rio Pericumã
climate tropical, Aw
surface 1513 km²
Residents 78,162 (2010)
density 51.7  Ew. / km²
estimate 83,387 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code IBGE : 2108603
Post Code 65200-000
Telephone code (+55)  98
Time zone UTC −3
Website pinheiro.ma (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect Luciano Genésio (2017-2020)
Political party PP
economy
GDP 796,361 thousand R $
9721  R $ per person 
(2016)
HDI 0.637 (medium) (2010)
Aerial photograph
Aerial photograph

Pinheiro , officially Portuguese Município de Pinheiro , is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 83,387 inhabitants, who live on a community area of ​​around 1513 km² and are called Pinheirenses ( pinheirenses ). The capital São Luís is 333 km away. Pinheiro ranks 12th out of 217 municipalities in the state.

The economy is dominated by agriculture and livestock. The Rio Pericumã reservoir ( Barragem do Rio Pericumã ) is located in the municipality ; the main river is the Rio Pericumã .

geography

Surrounding communities are Santa Helena , Bequimão , Presidente Sarney , São Bento , Peri Mirim and Palmeirândia .

The community has a tropical climate, Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 27.1 ° C. The average rainfall is 1911 mm per year.

sons and daughters of the town

  • José Sarney (* 1930), politician, President of the Republic and writer

Web links

Commons : Pinheiro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Pinheiro - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. Luciano 11 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. Josué Carvalho Viegas, Taíssa Caroline Rodrigues, Antonio Cordeiro Silva Feitosa: Modificações Socioambientais Decorrentes da Construção da Barragem do Rio Pericumã, na Área de Influência da Cidade de Pinheiro-MA . Ed .: Universidade Federal do Maranhão . 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese, org.mx [PDF; accessed November 11, 2019]).
  4. Pinheiro climate: average temperature, weather by month, Pinheiro weather averages - Climate-Data.org. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .