Bacanga State Park

São Luís, Brazil · built 1980

The Bacanga State Park (Parque Estadual do Bacanga) is a state park in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. It protects the main water supply for the city of São Luís, the Batatã reservoir. The park's environment has been badly degraded through illegal occupation, logging, removal of sand, and garbage dumping. The water supply is threatened.

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