Serrano do Maranhão
Serrano do Maranhão | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Location in Maranhão | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Maranhão |
| Mesoregion | Norte Maranhense |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 10,202 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Serrano do Maranhão 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. The 2022 Brazilian census revealed that the municipality of Serrano do Maranhão had a total population of 10,202 inhabitants, with 58.5% identifying as Black and 55.7% declaring themselves as quilombolas. This makes it the municipality in Brazil with the highest proportion of Black residents.