Santa Inês
Santa Inês Maranhão | |
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Municipality | |
Praça da Matriz, Santa Inês | |
Location in Maranhão | |
| Coordinates: 3°40′8″S 45°23′2″W / 3.66889°S 45.38389°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhão |
| Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
| Population (2020 ) | |
• Total | 89,489 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Santa Inês is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the North-East 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. It was emancipated from Pindaré Mirim in 1967.
The city has one of the most important railway stations on the Carajás Railway line.