Axixá
| Município de Axixá Axixá |
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| Coordinates | 2 ° 50 ′ S , 44 ° 3 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
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| founding | 1917 (103 years), again in 1935 | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Maranhão | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MA | ||
| Metropolitan area | Metropolitan area of São Luís | ||
| structure | 1 multiple district | ||
| climate | tropical, Aw | ||
| surface | 159.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 11,407 (2010) | ||
| density | 71.5 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 12,130 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 2101103 | ||
| Post Code | 65148-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 98 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | axixa.ma.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Sônia Campos (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PDT | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 69,979 thousand R $ 5873 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.641 (medium) (2010) | ||
Axixá , officially Portuguese Município de Axixá , is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Maranhão . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 12,130 inhabitants, who live in a community area of around 159.5 km² and are called Axixaens ( axixaenses ). The distance to the capital São Luís is 100 km, it belongs to the metropolitan region of São Luís . It is 159th of the 217 municipalities of the state, which belongs to the geostatistical greater region Região Nordeste .
Toponym
The place is named after one of the indigenous names of a tree species from the sterculia or stink tree family ( Sterculia chicha ) found in northeastern Brazil .
geography
Surrounding communities are Rosário , Icatu , Itapecuru Mirim and Morros .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Adelino Fontoura (1859–1884), poet and journalist
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climate Axixá: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Axixá. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Axixá - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 4, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Sônia Campos 12 (Prefeita). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 4, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).