Anapurus | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 3°40′19″S 43°06′57″W / 3.67194°S 43.1158°W / -3.67194; -43.1158 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Nordeste |
State | Maranhão |
Mesoregion | Leste Maranhense |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 15,894 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Anapurus is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
In February 2012, debris from an Ariane 4 rocket, originally launched in 1997, fell out of orbit and landed in Anapurus.[6]