Bacabal

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). It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bacabal
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Brasão_de_Bacabal.png
Settlement.image_flag: Bandeira_de_Bacabal.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Maranhao Municip Bacabal.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Maranhão state
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northeast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: State
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Maranhão
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Mesoregion
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Microregion
Settlement.subdivision_type5: Metrop. region
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Demonym: bacabalense
Country: Brazil
Located in: Maranhão
Population: 98793
Area: 1683.074
Elevation: 38
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Shares border with: São Mateus do Maranhão
Official website: www.bacabal.ma.gov.br
Image: Bacabal 4.jpg
Dialing code: 99

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Commons category: Bacabal
Human Development Index: 0.651
postal code: 65700-000 a 65700-999
inception: 1920-04-16
electorate: 63850

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The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.

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