Açailândia
Sign in to saveAçailândia () is a Brazilian municipality in the western part of Maranhão State, at an elevation of . Its population in 2020 was estimated to be 113,121, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The name of the city means "land of the açaí."
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Açailândia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- File:Bandeira-acailandia.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Maranhao Municip Acailandia.svg
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- Location in Maranhão state
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
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- Brazil
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
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- State
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- Maranhão
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- Mesoregion
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- Microregion
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- Metrop. region
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- Mayor
- Settlement.population_total
- 113,121
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Euterpe oleracea
- Demonym
- açailandense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Maranhão
- Population
- 83820
- Area
- 5806.307
- Elevation
- 240
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Dom Eliseu
- Official website
- www.acailandia.ma.gov.br
- Image
- Acailandia 2.jpg
- GDP per capita
- 33649.84
- Dialing code
- 99
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- Commons category
- Açailândia
- electorate
- 73521
- Human Development Index
- 0.672
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Açailândia () is a Brazilian municipality in the western part of Maranhão State, at an elevation of . Its population in 2020 was estimated to be 113,121, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The name of the city means "land of the açaí."
The city is an important center of agribusiness, the area having the largest cattle stock in Maranhão. The production of pig iron is the municipality's biggest single economic activity. Açailândia is part of the Carajas Development Corridor and the city houses many of the workers who produce charcoal in the area. The city has one of the most important railway stations on the Carajás Railway line.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Açailândia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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