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Araioses
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Araioses
Total population
39,052
Founded
1938
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Araioses is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It lies near the Parnaíba River's delta, and its territory also include the Canárias, Caju, Poldros, apart from several smaller islands.
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History
Araioses already Village, town and village, has city status on March 29, 1938 (75 years), by State Law No. 045. The Catholic religion is predominant in the city is celebrated annually Araioses Patroness of Our Lady of the Conception of 29 November to 08 December. the mother church and several other saints at headquarters and within the municipality. Had its origin in the village of Indians Araios, the branching of Tapuias and inhabiting the northern and eastern Maranhão Piauí. Were disseminated by the action of the Portuguese colonizers smugglers and pirates. First, however, since settled giving rise to a village that became parish, village and March 29, 1938, amounted to a city. Its economy was based on the production of cane sugar, carnauba wax-of-cotton, rice and other food. Araioses today differs from past development presents a vegetative growth in the face of globalization. The municipality is privileged by nature, is located at the vicinity of the Delta of the Americas, thus being able to develop their potential
Geography
The municipality is in the northeastern state of Maranhão, and is one of the gateways to the Delta river. The municipality contains part of the Delta do Parnaíba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996. The municipality of Araioses comprises an area of . Including the mainland and island (Canary Island, Ilha do Caju, etc.). It is located at an altitude of 6 feet above sea level. It lies to the east, in the microregion of the Parnaíba Low, limited to the North by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south with the municipalities of Magallanes and San Bernardo de Almeida, the East with the Parnaíba River, and to the west with the municipalities of Water sweet and Santana do Maranhão. Its population, according to Census 2010 is 42,505 inhabitants, 12,045 in the urban and the rural area 30,460 people. Its density is . It is currently one of the poorest municipalities in Brazil and one of the worst human development indices.
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Nearby places in Maranhão
- Água Doce do Maranhão15.1 mi away · pop. 12,142
- Frecheira Grande18.9 mi away
- Povoado Trincheiras30 mi away
- Povoado Boa Vista30.5 mi away
- Tutóia Velha31.9 mi away
- Povoado Lagoa do Bacuri33.6 mi away
- Arpoador34 mi away
- Bairro São José37.2 mi away
- São Bernardo48.5 mi away · pop. 26,943
- Mandacaru58.9 mi away
- Atins61.9 mi away
- Cangote64.2 mi away
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2100907
- UF
- MA
- Mesorregião
- Leste Maranhense
- Microrregião
- Baixo Parnaíba Maranhense
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br