Coroatá is a municipality in

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

History

It was settled by the Portuguese and became a village in 1843. By 1912 work on railroads, to give greater connection to cities, had occurred. In 1920 Coroatá was incorporated as a city and 1920 is deemed its "founding." It has a population of 65,544.

Religion

The population is 75.1% Catholic and the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá ( la, Dioecesis Coroatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Coroatá in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. History * 26 August 1977: Established as Diocese of Coroatá ...

is located there. In addition to Catholics 14.2% are Protestant, 2.3% belong to other forms of Christianity, 0.3% are of Afro-Brazilian religion, 0.1% of other religions, and 8% are of no religion.

Mayors of Coroatá

*José Jansen Pereira - 1920 *João Rios - 1926 *Benedito Alves Cardoso - 1931 *Luis Pereira da Silva - 1937 *João Coelho Matos - 1939 *Valdemiro de Almeida Cavalcante - 1939 *Sebastião Anfiloquio Alves - 1940 *Otacílio de Sousa Santos - 1943 *Antonio Serra Pinto - 1945 *Chico Pereira Lobo - 1945 *Emilio Lobato de Azevedo - 1948 *José Menezes Junior - 1951 *Nagib Rabelo Lamar - 1952 *João Saraiva Filho - 1955 *Leodegário Jansen Pereira - 1956 *Simão de Monaut Serra Pinto - 1960 *Vitor Dias Trovão - 1968 *João Mota de Queiroz - 1970 *Orlando Jansen Silva - 1971 *João Ferreira Pereira - 1972 *Gentil Augusto Frazão Filho - 1973 *José de Ribamar Trovão - 1977 *Francisco Alberto Araújo - 1983 *Luis Montenegro Tavares - 1983 *José Ribamar Trovão - 1989 *Coronel Ruy Salomão - 1991 *Maria Teresa Trovão Murad - 1993 *Romulo Augusto Trovão Moreira Lima - 1997/2004 *Luís Mendes Ferreira 2004/2012 *Maria Teresa Trovão Murad (current mayor)

History

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Mayors of Coroatá

Notable natives

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