Santo Amaro do Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

The municipality contains part of the Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.

The city os Santo Amaro do Maranhão is one of the 3 that are part of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, an uncommon landscape which mixes dunes and cristal clear lakes.

See also List of municipalities in Maranhão

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