Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
It is the fifth largest city in the state, with a population of 156,973 inhabitants (2022 Census) and an area of about 5,170 km2.
Notable people Francisco das Chagas, serial killer Gonçalves Dias, poet, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. Coelho Neto, writer and politician.
Climate
See also List of municipalities in Maranhão
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