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Alcantara

State Of Maranhao, Brazil
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About Alcantara

Alcantara is a Brazilian municipality in the nation of Maranhao. The metropolis has a population of 21,659 and a place of 1458 km2. The municipality is 30 km away from the state's capital, Sao Luis. Founded by means of French explorers within the sixteenth century, Alcantara was later conquered by using the Portuguese, who used the small village as a base to take Sao Luis from the Dutch in 1646. The city changed into d with the aid of the Brazilian authorities as a National Historical Patrimony. The metropolis's economy is primarily based especially on tourism and fishing.

The climate is favorable, characterized through nicely-described seasons: a wet season from January to June, and a dry season from July to December. Helton da Silva Arruda, a well-known Brazilian goalkeeper, turned into born in the city. The municipality includes a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,0.5.6 hectares sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site when you consider that 2000.

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