São Luís
municipality of Maranhão state, Brazil
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Summary
São Luís is a municipality of Brazil[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,814 views/month, #20 of 4,882).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maranhão[4]
- Country: Brazil[5]
- Head of government: Edivaldo Holanda Júnior[6]
- Instance of: big city[7]
- Shares border with: Paço do Lumiar[8], Bacurituba[9], São José de Ribamar[10], Alcântara[11], Axixá[12], Bacabeira[13], Cajapió[14], Rosário[15]
- Anthem: Anthem of São Luís[16]
- Named after: Louis IX of France[17]
- Flag: flag of São Luís[18]
- Twinned administrative body: St. Louis[19]
- Legislative body: Municipal Chamber of São Luís[20]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of São Luís[21]
- Postal code: 65000-000[22]
- Commons category: São Luís (Maranhão)[23]
- Local dialing code: 98[24]
- Inception: September 8, 1612[25]
- Official website: https://www.saoluis.ma.gov.br/[26]
- IPA transcription: sɐ̃w luˈis[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:São Luís, Maranhão[28]
- Commons gallery: São Luís[29]
- Human Development Index: 0.768[30]
- Population: 870,028[31], 1,073,893[32], 1,014,837[33], 1,108,975[34], 1,115,932[35], 1,037,775[36], 1,089,215[37], 1,027,429[38], 1,039,610[39], 1,053,922[40], 1,064,197[41], 1,082,935[42], 1,088,057[43], 1,091,868[44]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of São Luís[45]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46]
Why It Matters
São Luís has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]