Bacabal

Bacabal
Municipality

Location in Maranhão state
Bacabal

Location in Brazil

Coordinates: 4°13′30″S 44°46′48″W / 4.22500°S 44.78000°W / -4.22500; -44.78000Coordinates: 4°13′30″S 44°46′48″W / 4.22500°S 44.78000°W / -4.22500; -44.78000
Country  Brazil
Region Northeast Region
State Maranhão
Population (2015)
  Total 102,656
Time zone BRT (UTC-3)

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 102,656 (IBGE 2015 estimate). It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. "IBGE | Cidades | Maranhão | Bacabal". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  2. APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13


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