Bacabal (Maranhão, Brazil)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Bacabal (Maranhão, Brazil)
Coordinates
-44.78 -44.78 -4.225 -4.225 (gooearth )
Associated country
Brazil
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 156014951
Wikidata: Q1807313
Library of congress: n 85332822
Sources of Information
  • A Universidade e o desafio de Bacabal, 1983:leaf 26 (município; Maranhão, Brazil; on Mearim River)
  • U.S. Off. of Geog. Braz. gaz., 1963(Bacabal, ppl, 3p0s37ʹS 47p0s02ʹW; Maranhão; lists others in Maranhão and other states)
  • BGN req. 10-22-85(Bacabal; located approx. 180 miles SW of São Luis, ppl 3p0s37ʹS 47p0s02ʹW; Maranhão; no variants)
Wikipedia description:

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. The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6-hectare (4,386,208-acre) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.

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