Caxias

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Caxias

Total population

156,973

Coordinates-4.87°, -43.35°

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

Overview

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

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Aline de Lima

Brazilian singer, producer and songwriter

Gonçalves Dias

Brazilian poet and dramatist (1823–1864)

Teixeira Mendes

Brazilian philosopher and mathematician (1855–1927)

Coelho Neto

Brazilian writer and politician (1864–1934)

T

Tita Rêgo Silva

Brazilian artist

F

Francisco Sousa dos Santos

Brazilian association football player

Herlison Caion de Sousa Ferreira

Brazilian footballer

Teófilo Dias

Brazilian poet (1854–1889)

U

Ubirajara Fidalgo

Brazilian actor (1949–1986)

C

Carlos Leitão

Brazilian politician

C

César Augusto Marques

Brazilian teacher and writer

E

Edson Vidigal

Brazilian politician and judge

E

Ezíquio Barros Filho

Brazilian politician

J

José Murilo Martins

Brazilian physician

João Castelo

Brazilian politician (1937-2016)

João Mendes de Almeida

Brazilian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maranhão

• Povoado Brejinho
  16 mi away · pop. 1,601
• Engenho D'Água
  17.6 mi away · pop. 647
• Nazaré do Bruno
  24.5 mi away · pop. 1,177
• Matões
  46.5 mi away · pop. 32,174
• Novo Belém
  47.8 mi away
• Olho-d'água Seco
  48.8 mi away
• Afonso Cunha
  50.7 mi away · pop. 6,144
• Centro do Benício
  53 mi away
• Centro do Gonçalo
  55.1 mi away
• Codozinho
  57.4 mi away
• Timbiras
  58.3 mi away · pop. 26,484
• Parnarama
  59.3 mi away · pop. 31,250

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 Caxias

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers