State of Maranhão (colonial)
State of Maranhão Estado do Maranhão | |||||||||
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| 1621–1751 | |||||||||
State of Maranhão | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | São Luís | ||||||||
| Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Dependent territory under an absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1621 | Philip II | ||||||||
• 1706–1737 | John V | ||||||||
| Captain-major | |||||||||
• 1621–1622 | Domingos da Costa Machado | ||||||||
• 1736–1737 | João Alves de Carvalho | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1621 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1751 | ||||||||
| Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||
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The State of Maranhão (Portuguese: Estado do Maranhão) was the northern of two 17–18th century administrative divisions of the colonial Portuguese Empire in South America.