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São Luís
Maranhãocity
São Luís
Total population
1,037,775
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís Island, in the Baía de São Marcos, an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km. The city proper has a population of some 1,088,057 people. The metropolitan area totals 1,536,017, ranked as the 15th largest in Brazil.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2111300
- UF
- MA
- Mesorregião
- Norte Maranhense
- Microrregião
- Aglomeração Urbana de São Luís
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • 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