Bacabal

Coordinates: 4°13′30″S 44°46′48″W / 4.22500°S 44.78000°W / -4.22500; -44.78000
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Bacabal
Flag of Bacabal
Coat of arms of Bacabal
Location in Maranhão state
Location in Maranhão state
Bacabal is located in Brazil
Bacabal
Bacabal
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 4°13′30″S 44°46′48″W / 4.22500°S 44.78000°W / -4.22500; -44.78000
CountryBrazil
RegionNortheast
StateMaranhão
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total104,633
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Bacabal is a city in Maranhão, Brazil. It is located approximately 250 km south of the state capital São Luís. The city proper has a population of 104,633 (IBGE 2018 estimate).[1] It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal.[2]

The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019. 2018 Estimates of Population
  2. ^ "IBGE | Cidades | Maranhão | Bacabal". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13