This is a list of the municipalities in the

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northeast Region of

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. Maranhão is divided into 217

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, which are grouped into 21 microregions, which are grouped into 5 mesoregions.

See also