Carutapera
Carutapera is the northernmost city in the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
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- Carutapera
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- The Municipality ofCarutapera
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- Northeast
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- History
- Subdivisions
- Tourism
- Feast of Saint Sebastian
- References
Carutapera is the northernmost city in the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
== History == In 1861, Firmino Pantoja and his wife, Augusta Pantoja, acquiring land from Manoel Rodrigues Leite Chaves, on the right bank of the Arapiranga River, founded the village that was called Carutapera. The toponym, of Tupi origin, means abandoned village. The population progressed rapidly. In 1886, it was elevated to the category of village later extinct and its territory annexed to the municipality of Turiaçu. In 1935, the autonomy of Carutapera was re-established[²].
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