Coroata

Coroata is a Brazilian municipality within the nation of Maranhao. It is positioned within the middle-east of the state, within the Itapecuru valley, and is set 260 km from Sao Luis, country capital. Its topography is predominantly flat. Its general populace is of 64123 population, being that 47 296 live inside the urban quarter. The first inhabitants to penetrate this municipality were the Portuguese, and, to them, later inhabitants of the neighboring zones had been joined. The city of Coroata originated from "deposits" or "paios" of farmers and visitors from different regions, extensively the Mearim.

With the development of the town, new immigrants arrived highlighting the Syrian-Lebanese who, through developing trade, contributed in the independence of the locality. In 5 of November of 1843 by using the n ° 173 law, Vila Coroata changed into created, and this territory dismembered within the metropolis of Caxias and Itapecuru Mirim. After 77 years Coroata changed into increased the class of city, thinking about in addition to the date of its basis the day 8 of April of 1920, preferred by the regulation n ° 924, in the course of the authorities of Dr. Urbano Santos de Araujo. You can come here and explore this place.