Bacabeira

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Bacabeira

Total population

16,966

Elevation2 m

Land area615.59 km²

Coordinates-2.98°, -44.32°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bacabeira is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Maranhão

• Presidente Juscelino
  17.7 mi away · pop. 11,356
• Porto das Gabarras
  18.3 mi away
• Axixá
  20.4 mi away · pop. 11,790
• Icatu
  22.4 mi away · pop. 24,794
• Santo Antônio do Napoleão
  26.3 mi away
• Tingidor
  26.9 mi away
• Itatuaba
  32.9 mi away
• Bacurituba
  34.6 mi away · pop. 5,252
• Leite
  38.1 mi away
• Papagaio
  39.4 mi away
• Raposa
  39.8 mi away · pop. 30,839
• Oitiua
  43.8 mi away

Browse all places in Maranhão →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bacabeira

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Cramer's Mesene

Mesene phareus

Seen 2026-09-18

Ruby-spotted Swallowtail

Heraclides anchisiades

Seen 2026-09-18

Sky-blue Groundstreak

Kisutam syllis

Seen 2026-09-17

Orcus Checkered-Skipper

Burnsius orcus

Seen 2026-09-17

Polybia jurinei

Polybia jurinei

Seen 2026-09-14

Architis tenuis

Architis tenuis

Seen 2026-09-14

Gray-spotted Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon astiocha

Seen 2026-09-13

Pantropical Jumping Spider

Plexippus paykulli

Seen 2026-09-13

Ninja-star Ceiling Spider

Zosis geniculata

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers