Bacabal
Template:Infobox Municipality BR 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 102,656 (IBGE 2015 estimate). It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal.[1]
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6 hectares (4,386,208 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar Site since 2000.[2]
References
- ^ "IBGE | Cidades | Maranhão | Bacabal". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-13
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