{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name =Penalva |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 Penalva.jpg |flag_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = Maranhao Municip Penalva.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location in Maranhão |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 = 786 |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/penalva/panorama IBGE 2020]</ref> |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 38,731 |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 = }} '''Penalva''' 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728022011/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |archive-date=July 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</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}}</ref>
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a {{convert|1775035.6|ha|adj=on}} sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|APA Baixada Maranhense – ISA}}|language=pt |title=APA Baixada Maranhense|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/1042|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref>
==See also== *List of municipalities in Maranhão
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