Pio XII, Maranhão
| Pio XII | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Location in Maranhão | |
| Country |
 Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhão |
| Mesoregion | Centro Maranhense |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 315.579 sq mi (817.346 km2) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 22,016 |
| • Density | 69.8/sq mi (26.94/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Pio XII is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6] The city gained international notoriety when a referee at an amateur football match was beheaded and quartered after he fatally stabbed a player to death.[7]
It is named after Pope Pius XII.
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.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ IBGE (10 out. 2002). "Área territorial oficial". Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 5 Dec 2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Censo Populacional 2010 (29 November 2010). "Censo Populacional 2010". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Brazilian referee beheaded by spectators after he fatally stabs player". July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
- ↑ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13
Coordinates: 3°53′S 45°17′W / 3.883°S 45.283°W
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