Coroatá
Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Location of Coroatá
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(2020 [1])
Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão.
History
It was settled by the Portuguese and became a village in 1843. By 1912 work on railroads, to give greater connection to cities, had occurred.[2] In 1920 Coroatá was incorporated as a city and 1920 is deemed its "founding."[3] It has a population of 65,544.
04°07′48″S 44°07′26″W / 4.13000°S 44.12389°W / -4.13000; -44.12389
Religion
The population is 75.1% Catholic and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá is located there.[4] In addition to Catholics 14.2% are Protestant, 2.3% belong to other forms of Christianity, 0.3% are of Afro-Brazilian religion, 0.1% of other religions, and 8% are of no religion.
Mayors of Coroatá
- José Jansen Pereira - 1920
- João Rios - 1926
- Benedito Alves Cardoso - 1931
- Luis Pereira da Silva - 1937
- João Coelho Matos - 1939
- Valdemiro de Almeida Cavalcante - 1939
- Sebastião Anfiloquio Alves - 1940
- Otacílio de Sousa Santos - 1943
- Antonio Serra Pinto - 1945
- Chico Pereira Lobo - 1945
- Emilio Lobato de Azevedo - 1948
- José Menezes Junior - 1951
- Nagib Rabelo Lamar - 1952
- João Saraiva Filho - 1955
- Leodegário Jansen Pereira - 1956
- Simão de Monaut Serra Pinto - 1960
- Vitor Dias Trovão - 1968
- João Mota de Queiroz - 1970
- Orlando Jansen Silva - 1971
- João Ferreira Pereira - 1972
- Gentil Augusto Frazão Filho - 1973
- José de Ribamar Trovão - 1977
- Francisco Alberto Araújo - 1983
- Luis Montenegro Tavares - 1983
- José Ribamar Trovão - 1989
- Coronel Ruy Salomão - 1991
- Maria Teresa Trovão Murad - 1993
- Romulo Augusto Trovão Moreira Lima - 1997/2004
- Luís Mendes Ferreira 2004/2012
- Maria Teresa Trovão Murad (current mayor)
Notable natives
- Canhoteiro - A Brazilian footballer[5][6]
References
External links
- Coroatá Online
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