Sao Luiz

Sao Luiz is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian country of Maranhao. The town is positioned on Upaon-acu Island or Ilha de Sao Luis, within the Baia de Sao Marcos, an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which bureaucracy the estuary of Pindare, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. Sao Luís has the second one biggest maritime extension inside Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km. The city right has a population of a few 1,082,935 people. The metropolitan area totals 1,605,305, ranked as the fifteenth largest in Brazil.

Sao Luis, created initially as Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan, is the best Brazilian kingdom capital based via France and it's far one of the three Brazilian kingdom capitals located on islands. The metropolis has foremost sea ports: Madeira Port and Itaqui Port, thru which a extensive a part of Brazil's iron ore, originating from the -Amazon location, is exported. The town's predominant industries are metallurgical with Alumar, and VALE. Sao Luís is domestic of the Federal University of Maranhao.