The State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão ( pt, Estado do Grão-Pará e Maranhão) was one of the
states of the Portuguese Empire.
History
The state was created on 31 July 1751 by order of
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (''Marquês de Pombal''; ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Po ...
, the Secretary of the State for
Joseph I of Portugal
Dom Joseph I ( pt, José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho, ; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: ''o Reformador''), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other act ...
.
The state was the successor to the
State of Maranhão. While there were limited territorial changes, Maranhão was politically and economically restructured and its capital was moved from
São Luís, in the
Captaincy of Maranhão, to
Santa Maria de Belém, in the
Captaincy of Pará, which was raised to a unified state with Maranhão and had its name changed to Grão-Pará (
English
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: Great wide river).
The purpose of creating this state was to stimulate economic activities.
ANTIGO REGIME, IMPÉRIO PORTUGUÊS E GOVERNANÇA NO MARANHÃO E GRÃO-PARÁ.
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In 1772, the state was split into two different states, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí.
Composition
The State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, for the most part, retained all the same captaincies from the State of Maranhão:
* Captaincy of Maranhão
* Captaincy of Pará
* Captaincy of Piauí
* Captaincy of Ceará
* Captaincy of Tapuitapera
* Captaincy of Caeté
* Captaincy of Cametá
* Captaincy of Cabo Norte
*Captaincy of Marajó
A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...
*Captaincy of Xingu
A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...
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Grao-Para and Maranhao
Colonial Brazil
Portuguese colonization of the Americas
Former Portuguese colonies
Former subdivisions of Brazil
States and territories disestablished in 1772
1770s disestablishments in South America