Buriticupu

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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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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