{{More citations needed|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Marataízes | official_name = Municipality of Marataízes | settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Espírito Santo|Municipality]] | image_skyline = Marataízes (50897485123).jpg | imagesize = | image_flag = Bandeira-marataizes.jpg | image_shield = Brasao-marataizes.png | nickname = ''Pérola do Sul''<br>(Pearl of the South){{force singular}} | image_map = EspiritoSanto Municip Marataizes.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in the state of Espírito Santo | image_map1 = | pushpin_map = Brazil | coordinates = {{coord|21|45|14|S|41|19|26|W|region:BR|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Brazil|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Southeast Region, Brazil|Southeast]] | subdivision_type2 = [[States of Brazil|State]] | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Espírito Santo}} | established_title = Founded | established_date = 14 January 1992 | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Jander Nunes Vidal | leader_party = [[Brazilian Social Democratic Party|PSDB]] | area_total_km2 = 133.075 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_m = 2 | population_total = 38,883 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/es/marataizes/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> | population_rank = | pop_est_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_note = | timezone = [[Time in Brazil|BRT]] | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 29345-000 | area_code = +55 28 | blank_name = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2010) | blank_info = 0.696 – <span style="color:#FFD215">medium</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233352/http://www.pnud.org.br/arquivos/ranking-idhm-2010.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) }}</ref> | website = {{URL|marataizes.es.gov.br}} }} '''Marataízes''' is a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]] located by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in southern [[Espírito Santo]], [[Brazil]]. It has a population of 38,883 and holds as such the highest density in the state. Marataízes is a [[tourist city]].
The municipality contains the {{convert|42.20|ha}} [[Falésias de Marataízes Natural Monument]], created in 2008 to protect the cliffs to the south of the town.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|Monumento Natural Municipal Falésias de Marataízes – MERCOSUR}}|language=pt|title=Monumento Natural Municipal Falésias de Marataízes|publisher=MERCOSUR|url=http://mercosurambiental.net/p_11.a_1555/MONUMENTO_NATURAL_MUNICIPAL_FAL%C3%A9SIAS_DE_MARATA%C3%ADZES.html|accessdate=2016-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024224345/http://mercosurambiental.net/p_11.a_1555/MONUMENTO_NATURAL_MUNICIPAL_FAL%C3%A9SIAS_DE_MARATA%C3%ADZES.html|archive-date=2016-10-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Gallery== {| |<gallery mode=packed> File:P3030302.JPG| File:Diaensolarado.JPG|A beach in Marataizes File:P3030305.JPG|Fishing boats File:Surfistas.jpg|Surfer in a local beach File:Praia central.JPG|Main beach File:Centro de Marataízes.JPG|Ending day after rain </gallery> |}
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{{Municipalities of Espírito Santo}}
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