Oeiras is a municipality in the Microregion of Picos , in the northeastern Brazilian State of Piauí .
5-448: Oeiras may refer to: Places [ edit ] Brazil [ edit ] Oeiras, Piauí , a municipality in the State of Piauí Oeiras do Pará , Pará , a municipality in the State of Pará Portugal [ edit ] Oeiras, Portugal , a municipality in the district of Lisbon Oeiras e São Julião da Barra , a former civil parish in
10-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oeiras, Piau%C3%AD According to the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), its population was 37,085 inhabitants in 2020. The municipality covers an area of 2,720 km (1,050 sq mi). The mayor, as of 2017, was José Raimundo de Sá Lopes. Originally known as Vila da Mocha, due to its location on
15-572: The municipality of Oeiras Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias , successor of the above [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oeiras&oldid=975039439 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-544: The settlement would then gain the status of city in 1761, also changing the name to Oeiras as a tribute to the Count of Oeiras, who would later be known as the Marquis of Pombal , a powerful minister in the portuguese court. The city remained as the center of political decisions all the way to 1852, when the center of government was changed to the newly founded city of Teresina . The maximum temperature of 42.4 °C (108.3 °F)
25-539: The stream Mocha, the settlement gained the recognition and status of Vila in 1712 by order of the King John V, later when the Captaincy of Piauí was created from the Captaincy of Maranhão in 1718, the settlement was designated as the capital of the newly created province. However, the royal decree which granted political autonomy would only be followed in 1759 with the arrival of the first governor of Piauí, João Pereira Caldas,
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