Caxias
Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. It is the fifth largest city in the state, with a population of 156,973 inhabitants (2022 Census) and an area of about 5,170 km2.
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• Official Name — Caxias • Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Brazil • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Nordeste • Subdivision Type2 — State • Subdivision Name2 — Maranhão • Subdivision Type3 — Mesoregion • Subdivision Name3 — Leste Maranhense • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 5196.769 • Population As Of — 2022 Census • Population Total — 156,973 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Est — 163,546 • Pop Est As Of — 2025 • Time Zone — BRT • Utc Offset — −3 • Elevation M — 66
Notable people
Notable people
• Francisco das Chagas, serial killer • Gonçalves Dias, poet, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. • Coelho Neto, writer and politician.
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- 1.Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). IBGE 2025.
- 2.Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Divisão Territorial do Brasil. July 1, 2008.
- 3.Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. August 14, 2009.
- 4.Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil. 2000.
- 5.Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005. December 19, 2007.
- 6.Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010.
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