Pio XII, Maranhão explained
| Official Name: | Pio XII |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Brazil |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nordeste |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maranhão |
| Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
| Subdivision Name3: | Centro Maranhense |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 817.346 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
| Population Total: | 21,379 |
| Population Density Km2: | 26.94 |
| Timezone: | BRT |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
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 stabbed a player to death.[7]
It is named after Pope Pius XII.
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Área territorial oficial . 25 June 2017. IBGE . Resolução da Presidência do IBGE de n° 5 (R.PR-5/02).
- https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/ma/pio-xii/panorama IBGE 2020
- Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . 1 July 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . 17 December 2009 . pt .
- Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . 25 June 2017 . . pt .
- Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123025800/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm . 23 November 2010.
- Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . 2 October 2008 .
- Web site: Brazilian referee beheaded by spectators after he fatally stabs player . 6 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006153352/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jul/07/brazilian-referee-decapitated-stabs-player . 6 October 2013.
