| Santa Helena | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Santa Helena | |
| Nickname: "Pérola do Turí" (Pearl of Turi) | |
|  Location of Santa Helena in the State of Maranhão | |
| Coordinates: 02°13′51″S 45°18′00″W / 2.23083°S 45.30000°W | |
| Country | Brazil | 
| Region | Northeast | 
| State | Maranhão | 
| Founded | September 30, 1935 | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Helena Maria Lobato Pavão (PTB) | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,308.403 km2 (891.279 sq mi) | 
| [1] | |
| Population  (2020 [2]) | |
| • Total | 42,483 | 
| • Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) | 
| HDI (2000) | 0.600 – medium[3] | 
| Website | www.santahelena.ma.gov.br | 
Santa Helena is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[4]
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