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Maranhão
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Maranhão (mərənyouN`), state (1996 pop. 5,218,442), 126,897 sq mi (328,663 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is São Luís São Luís (souN lēsh`), city (1996 pop.
..... Click the link for more information.  (also known as Maranhão). Agriculture and livestock remain central to the economy of the region, which has been the site of major agricultural and industrial colonization projects since the 1970s. Industries now include steel manufacture and food processing. Brazil operates a satellite launch facility at Alcântara in N Maranhão. Maranhão had long been inhabited by the Tupinambás when the Portuguese established the first European settlement there in 1534.


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Set almost entirely on foreboding, picturesque dunes near the sea in the country's remote Maranhao province, Andrucha Waddington's film tries to say some significant things about three different generations of women -- and about being stuck.
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In the Brazilian Amazon, HPS has been frequently reported in Mato Grosso and sporadically in Maranhao and Para states, which indicates an endemic circulation of hantaviruses (4,5)
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The marquee endeavors, and the first two expected to go on the block, are the North-South Railway between Tocantins and Maranhao states and the BR 116 highway linking northern Minas Gerais to Bahia.
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