Balsas

Balsas is a city in the state of Maranhão in northeast Brazil. It lies in the south of the state, about 800 km from the state capital, São Luís. According to the census results compiled by citypopulation.de, the municipality counted 60,163 people at the 2000 census, 83,528 at the 2010 census and 101,767 at the 2022 census, so it grew by roughly two thirds over those twenty two years. The short Wikipedia article gives only its state, its region of the country and its distance from São Luís, so further facts such as area, founding date and climate remain to be sourced by a later depth pass.