São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão: desmembramentos e inter-relação com municípios limítrofes

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to understand the social and spatial implications of dismemberment and creation of new municipalities in the territory of São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão, from its formation to the present day. Investigating its trajectory and pointing out limitations and possibilities from the socio-spatial point of view. It is argued from Karl Marx's method of historical-dialectical materialism how the territorial planning policies of the State contribute directly and indirectly to the configuration of the municipality mentioned above, identifying which agents or institutions are interested in these processes.. It was verified that the studied area presents significant changes regarding the geographic limits, nevertheless, the municipality maintained itself with provincial relations, typical of more rural spaces. On the unfoldi Starting from the analysis of official data regarding the processes of historicity of this municipality and its relation with the limits and ally, an approach of Boaventura Santos conceptions.ng of policies inherent to the municipality and its surroundings, positive and negative aspects were identified from the territorial fragmentation related to the study area. Therefore, the accomplishment of this work helped to understand how the municipality of São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão, even being a mother-city, maintains "invisibility" status over the years. In order to achieve this, approaches were taken on the process of municipal emancipation in Brazil and Maranhão, focusing on the legal institutionalization of new municipalities in Brazil, especially in the state of Maranhão, emphasizing the main causes of fragmentation, notably in the Middle Mearim region, which contribute to both, and finally, the socio-political and spatial reflections that these processes brought to São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão.