Guimarães, Maranhão

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|subdivision_name1 =Nordeste

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|subdivision_name2 =Maranhão

|subdivision_type3 =Mesoregion

|subdivision_name3 =Norte Maranhense

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1758

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|area_total_km2 = 598.796

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|population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ma/guimaraes/panorama IBGE 2020]

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|population_total = 11,997

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Guimarães is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | access-date=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=pt }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |year=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}} It was founded as New Guimarães (after Guimarães, Portugal) in 1758.

The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a {{convert|1775035.6|ha}} sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.{{citation|ref={{harvid|APA Baixada Maranhense – ISA}}|language=pt |title=APA Baixada Maranhense|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/1042|access-date=2016-06-13}}