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Buriticupu is a municipality in Maranhão founded in 1994. Its population in 2020 was 72,983.

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Settlement.official_name
Buriticupu
Settlement.image_flag
Bandeira de buriticupu.jpg
Settlement.image_seal
Brasão de buriticupu.JPG
Settlement.image_map
Maranhao_Municip_Buriticupu.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Buriticupu in the state of Maranhão and Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Maranhão
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Zé Gomes (PRB)
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1994
Settlement.area_total_km2
2544.975
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
72,983
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
BRT

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Demonym
buriticupuense
Population
72983
Area
2545.440
Elevation
174
Official website
www.buriticupu.ma.gov.br
Image
Panorama buriticupu.jpg
Dialing code
98
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Commons category
Buriticupu
Human Development Index
0.556
postal code
65393
electorate
40045
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Buriticupu is a municipality in Maranhão founded in 1994. Its population in 2020 was 72,983.

The area has suffered significant gully erosion with about 30 gullies (in April 2024), one of which is 80m deep. These are called “voçoroca” or “torn land” in the indigenous Tupi-Guarani language. At least 50 houses have been destroyed by the erosion and other residents have abandoned their homes, leaving whole neighbourhoods deserted.

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