Coroatá

municipality of Maranhão state, Brazil

Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão. ==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 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 Antônio Emanoel Duarte Cunha - 2004/2012 Maria Teresa Trovão Murad (current mayor)

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