State of Maranhão and Piauí
State of Maranhão and Piauí Estado do Maranhão e Piauí | |||||||||
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| 1772–1775 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | São Luís | ||||||||
| Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Dependent territory under an absolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1772–1775 | Joseph I | ||||||||
| Governor General | |||||||||
• 1772–1775 | Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1772 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1775 | ||||||||
| Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||
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The State of Maranhão and Piauí (Portuguese: Estado do Maranhão e Piauí) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire.