Bacabal is a city in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, located approximately 250 kilometres south of the state capital São Luís. The city proper had a population of 103,711 at the 2022 census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal, which gives it a role as a regional religious centre as well as a local urban hub. The municipality also contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit of about 1,775,036 hectares that was created in 1991 and has been recognised as a Ramsar wetland site since 2000, so the municipal territory touches one of the large protected wetland systems of northern Brazil.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Maranhão municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, 2022 census columnQuote, Municipalities table, 2022 census column
Bacabal Municipality 91,823 99,557 103,711
2. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Bacabal
GeoNamesCoordinates
Coordinates -4.23246, -44.78164
Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
Elevation ca. 27 m
Timezone
Timezone America/Fortaleza
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -4.25 N/S -44.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell -4.25 N/S -44.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-4.25 -44.75 Aw
Bacabal (Wikipedia)
On Continent: South America, Lead
Bacabal is a city in Maranhão, Brazil.
Part Of: Brazil, Lead
Bacabal is a city in Maranhão, Brazil.
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead
Bacabal is a city in Maranhão, Brazil.
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