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The Federal University of Maranhão (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, UFMA) is a federal university in the northeastern state of Maranhão, Brazil.
In addition to the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), it was the second university in the state. In September 2016, part of it was dismembered for creation of a third, the newly founded Universidade Estadual da Região Tocantina do Maranhão (UEMASUL). [ 3 ]
The Federal University of Western Pará (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, UFOPA) is a public university in the state of Pará, in northern Brazil.. UFOPA was founded in 1970 as Núcleo de Educação em Santarém (NES), and was renamed UFOPA in 2009.
Tambor means drum in Portuguese, and refers to the importance of the rhythmic element to worship. Mina derives from the name São Jorge da Mina, now also known as Elmina Castle, and refers to a designation given to African slaves, although the name did not necessarily refer to slaves who had passed through the fortress/port of São Jorge da Mina itself, but rather to "different ethnicities ...
São Luís (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌsɐ̃w luˈis]; "Saint Louis") is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.The city is located on Upaon-açu Island or Ilha de São Luís, in the Baía de São Marcos (Saint Mark's Bay), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers.
At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes.Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation. [2]