# Icatu

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'''Icatu''' is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Brazil) in the [state](/source/states_of_Brazil) of [Maranhão](/source/Maranh%C3%A3o) in the [Northeast region](/source/Northeast_Region%2C_Brazil) of [Brazil](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Upaon-A%C3%A7u%2FMiritiba%2FAlto_Pregui%C3%A7as_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](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Maranh%C3%A3o)

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Maranhão}}

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Category:Municipalities in Maranhão
Category:Populated coastal places in Maranhão

{{Maranhão-geo-stub}}

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