Codó
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Codó is a city in the Maranhão, Brazil. It has an estimated population of 123,116 (2020) and an area of 4,361.344 km2. Therefore, the sixth most populous municipality in the state. It has the largest concentration of religious centers of African origin in Brazil, with 400 terreiros.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Codó
- Settlement.official_name
- Município de CodóMunicipality of Codó
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_shield
- Brasão_de_Codó_-_MA.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira_de_Codó_-_MA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
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- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of São Sebastião
- Settlement.image_map
- Maranhao Municip Codo.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Maranhão state
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- Brazil
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- Location in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northeast
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- State
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- border|22px Maranhão
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- Mesoregion
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- Microregion
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- codoense
- Population
- 111967
- Area
- 4364.499
- Elevation
- 47
- Official website
- www.codo.ma.gov.br
- Image
- Igreja de São Sebastião, Codó, Maranhão.jpg
- Dialing code
- 99
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- postal code
- 65 400-000
- native label
- Codó
- Human Development Index
- 0.595
- Commons category
- Codó
- inception
- 1896-04-16
- electorate
- 75994
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Codó is a city in the Maranhão, Brazil. It has an estimated population of 123,116 (2020) and an area of 4,361.344 km2. Therefore, the sixth most populous municipality in the state. It has the largest concentration of religious centers of African origin in Brazil, with 400 terreiros.
==Geography== Codó is situated in the northeastern Brazil, in eastern Maranhão. The city intersects with the BR-316 road and São Luís-Teresina railway, which serves as the main port of distribution of goods, such as fuels, cement and pig iron. despite being located in the state of Maranhão, it is much more connected to the state capital of Teresina due to its proximity of only 169 kilometers. The average land elevation is approximately 47 m above sea level, the predominant climate is tropical. UTC−3 time zone. It is also located in the Maranhão Babaçu Forest region (região dos cocais), in the Itapecuru Valley. The Codó watershed is made up of the Itapecuru River, its important affluent, the Codozinho River, which has the Saco River as its affluent.
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