Maranhao

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Maranhão

a state in northeastern Brazil. Area, 328,700 sq km. Population, 3 million (1970). The administrative center is São Luís. Maranhao occupies the northern slopes of the Brazilian Highlands, which are covered with savannas, and a coastal lowland with equatorial rain forests. The economy is based on land cultivation and cattle-raising, with land cultivation being the main branch. Long-staple cotton, sugarcane, cocoa, and coffee are grown on plantations. In the valleys of the main rivers the fruit of the babassu palm (82 percent of the country’s harvest in 1970) and the wax of the carnauba palm are gathered. Live-stock is raised in the savannas; in 1970 there were 2.3 million head of cattle, 800,000 goats, and 3.9 million hogs. Maranhao also has cotton and sugar industries. Seaports include São Luís and Icatu.

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No references found			The National Civil Defense Secretariat said deaths have occurred in eight out of the 11 states severely affected by the flooding, including Ceara with 15 deaths, 10 in Maranhao and seven in Bahia in the perennially drought-stricken northeast; and eight deaths in the northern state of Amazonas. Brazil floods leave 45 dead, 378,000 homeless by AFP / AFP Global Edition Brazilian army Lieutenant Ivar Araujo said the water level of a river in one of the most affected regions in Maranhao had been rising about 30 centimetres per day and that two bridges had been destroyed. Brazil hit by deadly floods by Aljazeera.net This plant, along with a new oil refinery Petrobras intends to build in Maranhao state, are expected to turn the company into an exporter of oil products, not only crude petroleum, said director of downstream operations, Paulo Roberto Costa. Petrobras to invest $11bn in oil refinery by Oil & Gas News			Maracaibo, Lake Maracanda Maracay Maradi Maradona Maradona, Diego Armando marae Maragall i Gorina, Joan Maragha Maragheh Maragheh Observatory maraging steel Marah Marais Marais des Cygnes Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Marajo Marajó Maralal Camel Derby Maralik Marampa Maramures Maran, Rene Maran, René Marangoni effect Maranhao Maranhão Marañón Marañón River Marañón, Gregorio Maranta Marantaceae marantic marantic endocarditis Maranville, Walter Marapi Maras maraschino Marasmius Scorodonius marasmus Marasmus, Mental Marat Marat Kazei Marat Nikolaevich Tishchenko Marat Tishchenko Marat, Jean Paul Marat, Jean-Paul Maratha confederacy Maratha Principalities Maratha Wars Marathas			Marampa, Sierra Leone Maramures Maramures Young People's Trust Maran, Rene Maran, René Marana Community Correctional Treatment Facility Marana Junior Rodeo Association Maranatha Maranatha Baptist Bible College Maranatha Baptist Church Maranatha Baptist Church Academy Maranatha Christian Academy Maranatha Full Gospel Association Maranatha Full Gospel Church Maranatha Ministerial Fellowship International marang marang tree Marangoni effect Marangoni effects Marangoni flow Marangoni propulsion Marangoni Tread North America Inc. Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights maranguey Maranhao Maranhão Maranhão Maranhão Marano Marano Maranon Maranon Maranón Maranón Marañon Marañon Marañón Marañón Marañón (disambiguation) Marañón (disambiguation) Marañón (Peru) Marañon River Marañón River Marañón River (Peru) Maranon's sign Marañón, Gregorio Maranos Maranos maranta maranta Maranta arundinacea Maranta arundinacea Maranta arundinaceae Marantaceae Marantaceae

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