Pinheiro, Maranhão

Pinheiro
Municipality
The Municipality of Pinheiro
An avenue in Pinheiro
Nickname: 
"Princesa da Baixada" (Princess of the Baixada)
Location of Pinheiro in the State of Maranhão
Coordinates: 02°31′15″S 45°04′58″W / 2.52083°S 45.08278°W / -2.52083; -45.08278
CountryBrazil
RegionNortheast
StateMaranhão
FoundedSeptember 3, 1856
Government
  MayorLuciano Genésio (Avante)
Area
  Total
1,465.503 km2 (565.834 sq mi)
 
Population
 (2020 )
  Total
83,777
  Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.639 – medium
Websitewww.pinheiro.ma.gov.br

Pinheiro 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.