Campo Maior, Piauí is a
municipality
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in the
state
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of
Piauí in the
Northeast region of
Brazil
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.
Its Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony, is the
cathedral
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episcopal see of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior ( la, Dioecesis Campi Maioris) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedic ...
.
See also
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List of municipalities in Piauí
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Piauí is divided into 224 municipalities, which are grouped into 15 microregions, which are grouped into 4 mesoregions.
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Municipalities in Piauí
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