Pio XII, Maranhão
Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pio XII is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[3][4][5][6] The city gained international notoriety when Otávio Jordão da Silva, a referee at an amateur football match, was beheaded and quartered after he fatally stabbed a player to death.[7]
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Pio XII | |
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Municipality | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Nordeste |
State | Maranhão |
Mesoregion | Centro Maranhense |
Area | |
• Total | 315.579 sq mi (817.346 km2) |
Population (2020 [2]) | |
• Total | 21,379 |
• Density | 69.8/sq mi (26.94/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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It is named after Pope Pius XII.
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.[8]