{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Icatu | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | settlement_type = Municipality | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandeira de Icatu.png | flag_size = | image_shield = Icatu_Brasao.jpg | shield_size = | image_map = Maranhao Municip Icatu.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Nordeste | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Maranhão | subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion | subdivision_name3 = Norte Maranhense | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_as_of = 2020 <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ma/icatu/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 27,269 | population_density_km2 = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = BRT | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- accord. to Google Earth--> <!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->| postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Icatu''' is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.<ref name="IBGE_DTB_2008">{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009|language=pt}}</ref><ref name="IBGE_Pop_2009">{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | access-date=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=pt }}</ref><ref name="PNUD_IDH_2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |date=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="IBGE_PIB_2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |access-date=December 17, 2009 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archive-date=October 2, 2008 }}</ref>
The municipality contains part of the {{convert|1,535,310|ha|adj=on}} Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|APA Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças – ISA}}|language=pt |title=APA Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/pt-br/uc/6878|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref>
==See also== *List of municipalities in Maranhão
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Municipalities of Maranhão}}
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