Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão.
History It was settled by the Portuguese and became a village in 1843. By 1912 work on railroads, to give greater connection to cities, had occurred.The official handbook and catalogue edited by A. Staines Manders, pg 66 In 1920 Coroatá was incorporated as a city and 1920 is deemed its "founding."State of Matto Grosso: Description of exhibits - Page 54 It has a population of 65,544.
Religion The population is 75.1% Catholic and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá is located there.Catholic Hierarchy site In addition to Catholics 14.2% are Protestant, 2.3% belong to other forms of Christianity, 0.3% are of Afro-Brazilian religion, 0.1% of other religions, and 8% are of no religion.
Mayors of Coroatá
José Jansen Pereira - 1920 João Rios - 1926 Benedito Alves Cardoso - 1931 Luis Pereira da Silva - 1937 João Coelho Matos - 1939 Valdemiro de Almeida Cavalcante - 1939 Sebastião Anfiloquio Alves - 1940 Otacílio de Sousa Santos - 1943 Antonio Serra Pinto - 1945 Chico Pereira Lobo - 1945 Emilio Lobato de Azevedo - 1948 José Menezes Junior - 1951 Nagib Rabelo Lamar - 1952 João Saraiva Filho - 1955 Leodegário Jansen Pereira - 1956 Simão de Monaut Serra Pinto - 1960 Vitor Dias Trovão - 1968 João Mota de Queiroz - 1970 Orlando Jansen Silva - 1971 João Ferreira Pereira - 1972 Gentil Augusto Frazão Filho - 1973 José de Ribamar Trovão - 1977 Francisco Alberto Araújo - 1983 Luis Montenegro Tavares - 1983 José Ribamar Trovão - 1989 Coronel Ruy Salomão - 1991 Maria Teresa Trovão Murad - 1993 Romulo Augusto Trovão Moreira Lima - 1997/2004 Antônio Emanoel Duarte Cunha - 2004/2012 Maria Teresa Trovão Murad (current mayor)
Notable natives Canhoteiro - A Brazilian footballerCanhoteiro by Renato Pompeu (Portuguese)National Football teams
References
External links Coroatá Online