Marataízes is a municipality located by the Atlantic Ocean in southern Espírito Santo, Brazil.

It has a population of 38,883 and holds as such the highest density in the state.

Marataízes is a tourist city.

The municipality contains the 42.20 hectares (104.3 acres) Falésias de Marataízes Natural Monument, created in 2008 to protect the cliffs to the south of the town.

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