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Guimarães, Maranhão
Guimarães
is a
municipality
in the
state
of
Maranhão
in the
Northeast region
of
Brazil
. It was
founded
as New Guimarães in
1758
.
The municipality
contains
a small part of the
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area
, a
sustainable use
conservation
unit
created in
1991
that has been a
Ramsar Site
since
2000
.
Notable
residents
Maria Firmina dos Reis
,
abolitionist
and author