Bom Jardim is a
municipality
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' ...
in the
state
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* 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
Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...
in the
Northeast region of
Brazil
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. The population is 41,822. The former mayor of Bom Jardim, Lidiane Leite, was arrested for the embezzlement of US$4 million from the municipality.
The municipality contains a small part of the
Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area
The Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area () is an environmental protection area in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It includes large areas of wetlands, and was designated a Ramsar site in 2000.
The traditional population lives in the ...
, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.
The municipality also contains part of the
Gurupi Biological Reserve
Gurupi Biological Reserve () is a biological reserve in the State of Maranhão, in Brazil.
Location
The Gurupi Biological Reserve covers parts of the municipalities of Centro Novo do Maranhão and Bom Jardim in the state of Maranhão.
It has a ...
, a full protected conservation unit created in 1988. Average annual rainfall is .
Temperatures range from with an average of .
References
Municipalities in Maranhão
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