Caxias (Maranhao)
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Coordinates: 4 ° 52 ′ S , 43 ° 21 ′ W Caxias on the map of Brazil
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| Country | Brazil | |
| State | Maranhão | |
| Residents | 155,129 (2010) | |
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| surface | 5,196.769 km² | |
| Population density | 30.12 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Time zone | UTC −3 | |
| City Presidency | Fábio Gentil | |
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Caxias , officially Município de Caxias , is a city in the state of Maranhão in Brazil . According to an estimate by the IBGE, 164,224 inhabitants lived in the town in 2018 .
history
In the 17th century, the area that housed large villages of the indigenous Timbiras and Gamelas was part of the French colonization attempts in South America known as France Équinoxiale . The name itself refers to lands near Lisbon that have been handed down as Cachias , in today's writing Quinta Real de Caxias . Caxias received the right to self-government as Cidade de Caxias on June 5, 1836 , previously (from 1811) it was known as Vila de Caxias das Aldeias Altas .
religion
On July 22, 1939, the diocese of Caxias do Maranhão was by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and subordinated to this as a suffragan . Since 1996 there has been a partnership between the Catholic parish of St. Georg in Saerbeck in the Münsterland region and the parish of Nossa Senhora de Nazareth in Caxias.
mayor
The place has been ruled by the subsequent mayors since 1948.
- Eugênio Barros (1948–1950)
- Severino Dias Carneiro Sobrinho (1951–1955)
- Joao Elzimar da Costa Machado (1956-1960)
- Numa Pompílio Baima Pereira (1961–1966)
- Aluísio de Abreu Lobo (1978-1983)
- José Ferreira de Castro (1984–1988)
- Sebastião Lopes de Sousa (1989-1993)
- Paulo Marinho (1994-1997)
- Eziquio Barros Filho (1997-2000)
- Márcia Serejo Marinho (2001-2004)
- Humberto Ivar Araújo Coutinho (2005–2012)
- Léo Coutinho (2013-2016)
- Fabio Gentil (2017–)
sons and daughters of the town
- Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823–1864), poet
- Aline de Lima (* 1978), singer, lyricist and composer
- Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (1864–1934), writer
- Tita do Rêgo Silva (* 1959), a Brazilian artist living in Germany
Web links
- Official website of Caxias
- IBGE to Caxias. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Georg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2010
