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São Luís, Maranhão

São Luís (Brazilian Portuguese: [sɐ̃w luˈis], Saint Louis) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Upaon-açu Island (Big Island, in Tupi Language) or Ilha de São Luís (Saint Louis' Island), in the Baía de São Marcos (Saint Mark's Bay), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km (397 miles). The city proper has a population of some 1,108,975 people (2020 IBGE estimate). The metropolitan area totals 1,605,305, ranked as the 15th largest in Brazil.

São Luís
Municipality of São Luís
Aerial view, Leoes Palace, Cristo Rei Palace, Historical center, Ponta do Farol at night, Fountain in Pedro II Square and view of São Marcos Bay.
Nickname(s): 
Cidade dos Azulejos ("City of Tiles"), Jamaica Brasileira ("Brazilian Jamaica"), Ilha do Amor ("Love Island"), Ilha Magnética ("Magnetic Island")...
Location of São Luís
São Luís
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 2°31′42″S 44°18′16″W / 2.52833°S 44.30444°W / -2.52833; -44.30444
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
State Maranhão
FoundedSeptember 8, 1612
Named forSaint Louis IX
Government
 • MayorEduardo Braide (PODE)
Area
 • Municipality827.141 km2 (319.360 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (12 ft)
Population
 (2020 est. [1])
 • Municipality1,108,975
 • Density1,183.4/km2 (3,064.9/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,227,659
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)
Postal Code
65000-001 to 65109-999
Area code+55 98
HDI (2010)0.768 – high[2]
Websitewww.saoluis.ma.gov.br

São Luís, created originally as Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan, is the only Brazilian state capital founded by France (see France Équinoxiale) and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands (the others are Vitória and Florianópolis). The historic center of the city (dating from the 17th century) has its original street plan preserved and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.[3]

The city has two major sea ports: Madeira Port and Itaqui Port, through which a substantial part of Brazil's iron ore, originating from the (pre)-Amazon region, is exported. The city's main industries are metallurgical with Alumar, and Vale. São Luís is home of the Federal University of Maranhão.

São Luís was the home town of famous Brazilian samba singer Alcione, Brazilian writers Aluísio Azevedo, Ferreira Gullar and Josué Montello, Belgian-naturalised soccer player Luís Oliveira, and the musician João do Vale, a Música popular brasileira (MPB) singer.

History edit

 
View of São Luís, c. 1665

Originally, the town was a large village of the Tupinambá tribe. The first Europeans to settle it were the French, in 1612, who intended to make it the center of a colony named Equinoctial France, under the command of Daniel de la Touche, Seigneur de la Ravardière, and Admiral François de Razilly.[4][5] They built a fort named Saint-Louis de Maragnan after King Louis XIII and his Saintly ancestor Louis IX, the construction of which marked the date of foundation of the city, September 8. Portugal conquered the settlement in 1615 in the battle of Guaxenduba and renamed the city São Luís.[6]

Because there had been little time for the French to build a city, there is some controversy as to the actual date of the founding of the city, whether by the French or the Portuguese.

 
Panoramic view of São Luís in 1931

In November 1641, the city was invaded by the Dutch. However, they abandoned Maranhão in 1644.[7]

In 1677, the city was made the seat of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão.

Only when those invasions ceased permanently did the colonial government decide to create the state of Grão-Pará e Maranhão, independent from the rest of the country. By that time, the economy was based on agriculture, particularly the exportation of sugar cane, cacao and tobacco. Conflicts amongst the local elites would lead to the Beckman's Revolt. This started due to the struggle between Jesuits and landowners, the first against the Indian slavery and the others against the unfair treatment given by the Portuguese authorities; the situation lead to an uprising against the Portuguese, led by the brothers Manoel and Tomás Beckman and lasted till the intervention of Portuguese troops under the command of the general Gomes Freire de Andrade. After few skirmishes, the rebels were defeated and the Beckman brothers arrested and, after a brief trial, were hanged, drawn and quartered. The last words of Manuel Beckman at the gallows were "Pelo Povo do Maranhão morro contente" ("By the Maranhão people I die happy"). The phrase decorates the main hall of State Council Building.

Soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War, the region started to provide cotton to Great Britain. The wealth generated by this activity was used to modernize the city; to bring religious men to come and teach in its schools; and supplement the water supply. The city came to be the third most populous city in the country. By the end of the 19th century, agriculture was in decay and since then the city's population has been searching for other ways to make a living.

Nowadays[when?], São Luís has the largest and best preserved heritage of colonial Portuguese architecture of all Latin America. The island is known as the "Island of Love" and as "the Brazilian Athens", due to its many poets and writers, such as Sotero dos Reis, Aluísio Azevedo, Graça Aranha, Gonçalves Dias (the most famous), Josué Montello, Ferreira Gullar, among others. The city is also known as "the Brazilian Jamaica" because of the popularity of Reggae Music.

The ancestral composition of São Luís, according to an autosomal DNA study, is 42% European, 39% Native American and 19% African.[8]

Economy edit

Until the mid-nineteenth century, Maranhão's economy was one of the most prosperous in the country. However, after the Civil War in the United States of America, when it lost space in the export of cotton, the state went into decline. Only after the end of the 1960s did the state begin to receive incentives and emerge from seclusion, by way of road and rail connections with other regions.

In the late eighteenth century, increased international demand for cotton to meet the English textile industry coupled with reduced production because of the Revolutionary War in the United States provided the perfect setting to stimulate cotton production in Maranhão. Shipping companies and Southampton & Company Maranha Maranha Shipping Company, shipping steam, which performed the transportation of cotton from the states of Georgia and Alabama, began operating in St. Louis shaft - London, leading to production of Caxias and Baixada Maranhão. By the early twentieth century, St. Louis still exporting cotton to England by sea, through the lines and Booth Red Cross Line Line (the extended route to Iquitos) and company-Maranha Liverpool Shipping Company.

 
Aerial view of São Luís Central District.

During this golden period of the Maranhão economy São Luís had a lively cultural effervescence. The city had more in common with the European capitals than the other Brazilian cities. It was the first to receive an Italian opera and received the latest news about French literature every week. The rich cotton producers and local businessmen sent their children to study in Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and as far as Europe.

The opening of the Port of Alumar, Port of Itaqui and Port of Ponta da Madeira, currently the second deepest in the world, second only to the Rotterdam, is one of the busiest in the country. It serves as a gateway for industrial production and iron ore arriving from the Carajás Railway, operated by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and also exports soybeans grown in southern Maranhão and central Brazil, transported by the Carajás Railway and North-South Railway. The port's proximity to strategic markets in Europe and North America has led it to become an attractive option for exporting goods, but suffers from increased coastal shipping.

The São Luís economy is based on aluminum processing (ALUMAR), pelleting industry (VALE), food production and tourism. São Luís has the largest GDP in the state, hosting two public universities (and UFMA UEMA) and various educational institutions and private colleges. According to the latest data from the IBGE survey, São Luís has a GDP of R$9,340,944,000.00, occupying 14th position amongst state capitals.

In neighbouring Alcântara there is the Alcântara Space Center.

Geography edit

 
View of São Marcos bay area

The island of Upaon-Açu is located between two large estuarine systems that are the bays of São Marcos on the west side and São José on the east in the central region of Golfão Maranhense. The two bays are interconnected in the southwest by the channels of the Strait of Mosquitoes and Strait of Coqueiros (separating the island of Upaon-Açu from the island of Tauá-Mirim).[9]

In the São Marcos bay, the watershed of the Mearim river and its tributaries flows, while in the São José/Arraial bay the watersheds of the Itapecuru and Munim rivers break. In this region, the amplitude of the tides can exceed seven meters. The region presents numerous streams and tidal channels. Several agents have modeled relief such as those of climatic, hydrological and oceanographic origin, as well as intense wind, marine and fluvial activity, with vegetation characterized by remnants of the Amazonian Forest, Mangroves and Campo de Perizes, an extensive fluvial plain with predominantly herbaceous, located on the mainland.[9]

The climate is characterized as hot, semi-humid, tropical of equatorial zone, with two distinct seasons that go from damp (January to June) the drought (July to December), with average rainfall of 2,200 mm per year. Some of the conservation units of the island are: APA das Reentrancias Maranhenses; APA of Upaon-Açu-Miritiba-Alto Preguiças, APA of Itapiracó; APA of the Maracanã Region; and the Bacanga State Parks, the Jansen Lagoon and the Rangedor.[9]

On the Strait of Mosquitoes, there are road and railroad bridges linking the mainland to Upaon-Açu Island: the Marcelino Machado bridge, BR-135, composed of two parallel inlet and outlet bridges (456 and 454 meters in length); the metal bridge Benedito Leite, belonging to the São Luís-Teresina Railway; the duplicate bridge belonging to the Carajás Railway; the metal bridge that supports the Italuís waterway, which carries water from the river Itapecuru to the city of São Luís.[9]

There is also a ferry service, between São Luís and Alcântara; and São Luís International Airport.[9]

The municipality contains part of the 1,535,310 hectares (3,793,800 acres) Upaon-Açu/Miritiba/Alto Preguiças Environmental Protection Area, created in 1992.[10] The city is home to the Sítio Rangedor State Park, formerly the fully protected Sítio Rangedor Ecological Station.[11] The municipality also 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.[12] The 2,634 hectares (6,510 acres) Bacanga State Park is just south of the city.[13]

Climate edit

The city of São Luís experiences a very marginal dry-summer tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: As), bordering on a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification: Am). The city possesses a short dry season from August to November. During this period when the equatorial rainband associated with the highly seasonalized positioning of the Intertropical Convergence Zone is not over the city, warm to hot temperatures and abundant equatorial sunshine prevail. Conversely, the humid, rainy wet season dominates the remaining majority of the year, with abundant cloud cover prevalent and heavy rains falling from December to July, with the heaviest rainfall and highest cloud cover from January to May. The cloudiest month of the year is March with a monthly average of 107.2 hours of bright sunshine throughout the month, while the sunniest month of the year is August with a monthly average of 260.3 hours of sunshine throughout the month. The wettest month is April with an average monthly total of 476 mm (18.74 in) of rain, while the driest month is October with an average total rainfall of 8 mm (0.31 in). On average, nearly 70 per cent of annual rainfall is recorded from February to May.

Climate data for São Luís (1991-2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.1
(88.0)
30.6
(87.1)
30.3
(86.5)
30.6
(87.1)
31.3
(88.3)
31.5
(88.7)
31.5
(88.7)
32.0
(89.6)
32.3
(90.1)
32.5
(90.5)
33.5
(92.3)
32.2
(90.0)
31.6
(88.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 24.2
(75.6)
24.0
(75.2)
23.8
(74.8)
23.8
(74.8)
23.9
(75.0)
23.5
(74.3)
23.4
(74.1)
24.7
(76.5)
24.4
(75.9)
24.7
(76.5)
24.9
(76.8)
25.0
(77.0)
24.2
(75.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 235.4
(9.27)
308.0
(12.13)
452.8
(17.83)
431.4
(16.98)
312.0
(12.28)
174.3
(6.86)
110.8
(4.36)
22.5
(0.89)
2.9
(0.11)
2.8
(0.11)
9.7
(0.38)
54.5
(2.15)
2,117.1
(83.35)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 13 17 22 22 18 13 10 3 1 0 1 4 124
Average relative humidity (%) 82.5 84.8 86.6 87.7 86.4 84.3 82.1 80.5 77.6 76.2 76.6 77.6 81.9
Average dew point °C (°F) 24.2
(75.6)
24.3
(75.7)
24.4
(75.9)
24.7
(76.5)
24.8
(76.6)
24.4
(75.9)
24.2
(75.6)
23.9
(75.0)
23.6
(74.5)
23.5
(74.3)
23.7
(74.7)
23.9
(75.0)
24.1
(75.4)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 155.9 119.2 115.3 120.2 163.5 201.6 233.3 267.5 258.3 264.2 235.1 215 2,349.1
Mean daily daylight hours 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.1 12 12 12 12 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.1
Average ultraviolet index 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 12
Source 1: INMET(Temperatures[14]), (Precipitation[15]), (Humidity[16]), (Dew Point[17]), (Sun[18])
Source 2: Weather atlas(Daylight-UV)[19]


Climate data for São Luís (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 33.6
(92.5)
36.0
(96.8)
32.8
(91.0)
33.0
(91.4)
33.2
(91.8)
33.1
(91.6)
32.7
(90.9)
34.4
(93.9)
34.0
(93.2)
33.2
(91.8)
34.4
(93.9)
33.8
(92.8)
36.0
(96.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)
29.4
(84.9)
29.4
(84.9)
29.6
(85.3)
30.1
(86.2)
30.4
(86.7)
30.2
(86.4)
30.7
(87.3)
31.0
(87.8)
31.2
(88.2)
31.4
(88.5)
31.1
(88.0)
30.4
(86.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1
(79.0)
25.7
(78.3)
25.6
(78.1)
25.8
(78.4)
25.9
(78.6)
25.9
(78.6)
25.6
(78.1)
25.9
(78.6)
26.3
(79.3)
26.6
(79.9)
26.9
(80.4)
26.7
(80.1)
26.1
(79.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.5
(74.3)
23.1
(73.6)
23.0
(73.4)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
22.6
(72.7)
23.0
(73.4)
23.5
(74.3)
23.7
(74.7)
24.0
(75.2)
24.0
(75.2)
23.3
(73.9)
Record low °C (°F) 20.0
(68.0)
20.1
(68.2)
17.9
(64.2)
13.1
(55.6)
20.2
(68.4)
20.6
(69.1)
18.1
(64.6)
20.3
(68.5)
20.9
(69.6)
21.2
(70.2)
21.6
(70.9)
20.0
(68.0)
13.1
(55.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 244.2
(9.61)
373.0
(14.69)
428.0
(16.85)
475.9
(18.74)
316.5
(12.46)
173.3
(6.82)
131.1
(5.16)
29.4
(1.16)
23.3
(0.92)
7.6
(0.30)
10.5
(0.41)
77.4
(3.05)
2,290
(90.2)
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) 13 17 23 22 20 13 10 4 2 1 1 4 130
Average relative humidity (%) 85 88 89 90 89 86 86 84 81 81 79 71 84.9
Mean monthly sunshine hours 152.6 113.7 107.2 113.7 162.6 213.1 237.6 260.3 249.9 251.8 244.1 206.3 2,312.9
Source: Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET).[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Education edit

 
São Luís is the most important educational centre of the state.

Portuguese is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum.

Educational institutions include:

  • Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)
  • Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA)
  • Faculdade Santa Terezinha (CEST)
  • Universidade Ceuma (UNICEUMA)
  • Instituto Estadual de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão (IEMA)
  • Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão (IFMA)
  • Faculdade São Luís
  • Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco (UNDB)
  • Faculdade Atenas Maranhense (FAMA)
  • Faculdade do Maranhão (FACAM)
  • Faculdade Pitágoras

Culture edit

Historic Centre of São Luís
UNESCO World Heritage Site
 
CriteriaCultural: iii, iv, v
Reference821
Inscription1997 (21st Session)
Area66.65 ha

São Luís is known for its tiles which most buildings in the historical centre are covered in. Because of this the city is also known as "The Tiles City" and "Brazilian Athens".

It also has some cultural peculiarities namely:

Tambor de Crioula edit

Tambor de Crioula is an Afro-Brazilian dance in which gaily clad women court a bateria of tambors (a row of drums). Whirling and gyrating in time to the music they negotiate for prime position in the centre of the bateria. The House of Tambor de Crioula is a museum dedicated to preserving and spreading the cultural manifestation.

Tambor de Mina edit

Not to be confused with the above, Tambor de Mina is the local variant of the Afro-Brazilian religion. Casa das Minas (Querebentã de Tói Zomadônu or House of Minas), the oldest temple (terreiro), which must have been founded in São Luís in the 1840s, by African women.

Bumba Meu Boi edit

 
Theater Artur Azevedo in São Luís.

The Bumba Meu Boi is a popular farce which takes its form as a grand musical pantomime. Practice is a public affair and begins directly after Easter reaching its climax in June when literally hundreds of groups perform on a nightly basis for popular acclaim. Set personalities and characters play out a comedic tragedy with a metaphor for social harmony at its heart. Settlers, the infamous "Coroneis", Indians, spirit workers, African slaves and forest spirits are enacted though costumes, choreography and music - all performed amongst the all-night revelry. The crowd joins in with singing, dancing and dependent on the groups sotaque (or style) the playing of matracas (two wooden blocks, held in each hand and struck together repeatedly). Like the festival of Sao João and its requisite Forró dance in the North-Eastern states further south Bumba Meu Boi is a harvest festival but with the bull as its centre-piece.

Capoeira edit

The São Luís form of capoeira is said to be akin to the kind of capoeira now recognized as 'traditional bahian capoeira' that predated the Bahian Angola/regional polemic which split the capoeira world in the 1950s.

 
Leões Palace.

Historical center edit

In 1997 the city's historical center was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Starting in 1989 there has been an extensive program to restore and renovate the colonial era buildings of the city's historical center.

Reggae edit

São Luís is known as the Brazilian capital of reggae, a very popular rhythm in the city. In 2018, the Reggae Museum of Maranhão was founded, the first museum dedicated to reggae outside of Jamaica and the second in the world.

Transportation edit

 
A bus in São Luís.
 
Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport

The city is served by the Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport.

There are 184 bus lines operating in the metropolitan area, served by a fleet of more than 3,000 buses. More than 500,000 people use the bus system every day.[citation needed] The metropolitan area has a network of alternative transportation that works with drivers who usually have their own coach and organize themselves into cooperatives to enable them to provide the public transport service duly legalized in the department of city traffic.

One of Brazil's only inter-city rail services is operated by rail freight operator Vale and links São Luis with Parauapebas, which carried 330,000 passengers in 2019.[29]

The city has also an efficient radio system with more than 2000 taxi cabs accredited.

São Luis is home to a port that receives boats that carry passengers across to the city of Alcantara, which is located in the metropolitan area. It also has another port that receives ferries carrying people and cars that are destined for cities in the region of the state known as the low lands.

Being an island, the city has only one output ground, the bridge of the Estreito dos Mosquitos, which links the island of São Luis by road BR-135.

Telecommunications edit

Local area phone code (named DDD in Brazil) to call São Luis city is 98 (DDD98).[30][31]

Sports edit

 
Castelão Stadium, the largest in the city.

Football is the most popular sport in São Luís, though its clubs aren't much well known in the rest of Brazil. The professional clubs in São Luís are: Sampaio Corrêa who currently play in Brazil's second division, Moto Club who play in the fourth division and Maranhão Atlético Clube who take part in the regional Campeonato Maranhense.

Notable people edit

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Explore the Historic Centre of São Luís in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
  • Aerial pictures from the City of Sao Luis made with powered paraglider

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são, luís, maranhão, são, luís, brazilian, portuguese, luˈis, saint, louis, capital, largest, city, brazilian, state, maranhão, city, located, upaon, açu, island, island, tupi, language, ilha, são, luís, saint, louis, island, baía, são, marcos, saint, mark, ex. Sao Luis Brazilian Portuguese sɐ w luˈis Saint Louis is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhao The city is located on Upaon acu Island Big Island in Tupi Language or Ilha de Sao Luis Saint Louis Island in the Baia de Sao Marcos Saint Mark s Bay an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindare Mearim Itapecuru and other rivers Its coordinates are 2 53 south 44 30 west Sao Luis has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states Its maritime extension is 640 km 397 miles The city proper has a population of some 1 108 975 people 2020 IBGE estimate The metropolitan area totals 1 605 305 ranked as the 15th largest in Brazil Sao LuisMunicipalityMunicipality of Sao LuisAerial view Leoes Palace Cristo Rei Palace Historical center Ponta do Farol at night Fountain in Pedro II Square and view of Sao Marcos Bay FlagCoat of armsNickname s Cidade dos Azulejos City of Tiles Jamaica Brasileira Brazilian Jamaica Ilha do Amor Love Island Ilha Magnetica Magnetic Island Location of Sao LuisSao LuisLocation in BrazilCoordinates 2 31 42 S 44 18 16 W 2 52833 S 44 30444 W 2 52833 44 30444Country BrazilRegionNortheastState MaranhaoFoundedSeptember 8 1612Named forSaint Louis IXGovernment MayorEduardo Braide PODE Area Municipality827 141 km2 319 360 sq mi Elevation4 m 12 ft Population 2020 est 1 Municipality1 108 975 Density1 183 4 km2 3 064 9 sq mi Metro1 227 659Time zoneUTC 3 UTC 3 Postal Code65000 001 to 65109 999Area code 55 98HDI 2010 0 768 high 2 Websitewww wbr saoluis wbr ma wbr gov wbr brSao Luis created originally as Saint Louis de Maragnan is the only Brazilian state capital founded by France see France Equinoxiale and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands the others are Vitoria and Florianopolis The historic center of the city dating from the 17th century has its original street plan preserved and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 3 The city has two major sea ports Madeira Port and Itaqui Port through which a substantial part of Brazil s iron ore originating from the pre Amazon region is exported The city s main industries are metallurgical with Alumar and Vale Sao Luis is home of the Federal University of Maranhao Sao Luis was the home town of famous Brazilian samba singer Alcione Brazilian writers Aluisio Azevedo Ferreira Gullar and Josue Montello Belgian naturalised soccer player Luis Oliveira and the musician Joao do Vale a Musica popular brasileira MPB singer Contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Geography 3 1 Climate 4 Education 5 Culture 5 1 Tambor de Crioula 5 2 Tambor de Mina 5 3 Bumba Meu Boi 5 4 Capoeira 5 5 Historical center 5 6 Reggae 6 Transportation 7 Telecommunications 8 Sports 9 Notable people 10 References 11 External linksHistory edit nbsp View of Sao Luis c 1665Originally the town was a large village of the Tupinamba tribe The first Europeans to settle it were the French in 1612 who intended to make it the center of a colony named Equinoctial France under the command of Daniel de la Touche Seigneur de la Ravardiere and Admiral Francois de Razilly 4 5 They built a fort named Saint Louis de Maragnan after King Louis XIII and his Saintly ancestor Louis IX the construction of which marked the date of foundation of the city September 8 Portugal conquered the settlement in 1615 in the battle of Guaxenduba and renamed the city Sao Luis 6 Because there had been little time for the French to build a city there is some controversy as to the actual date of the founding of the city whether by the French or the Portuguese nbsp Panoramic view of Sao Luis in 1931In November 1641 the city was invaded by the Dutch However they abandoned Maranhao in 1644 7 In 1677 the city was made the seat of the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao Only when those invasions ceased permanently did the colonial government decide to create the state of Grao Para e Maranhao independent from the rest of the country By that time the economy was based on agriculture particularly the exportation of sugar cane cacao and tobacco Conflicts amongst the local elites would lead to the Beckman s Revolt This started due to the struggle between Jesuits and landowners the first against the Indian slavery and the others against the unfair treatment given by the Portuguese authorities the situation lead to an uprising against the Portuguese led by the brothers Manoel and Tomas Beckman and lasted till the intervention of Portuguese troops under the command of the general Gomes Freire de Andrade After few skirmishes the rebels were defeated and the Beckman brothers arrested and after a brief trial were hanged drawn and quartered The last words of Manuel Beckman at the gallows were Pelo Povo do Maranhao morro contente By the Maranhao people I die happy The phrase decorates the main hall of State Council Building Soon after the outbreak of the American Civil War the region started to provide cotton to Great Britain The wealth generated by this activity was used to modernize the city to bring religious men to come and teach in its schools and supplement the water supply The city came to be the third most populous city in the country By the end of the 19th century agriculture was in decay and since then the city s population has been searching for other ways to make a living Nowadays when Sao Luis has the largest and best preserved heritage of colonial Portuguese architecture of all Latin America The island is known as the Island of Love and as the Brazilian Athens due to its many poets and writers such as Sotero dos Reis Aluisio Azevedo Graca Aranha Goncalves Dias the most famous Josue Montello Ferreira Gullar among others The city is also known as the Brazilian Jamaica because of the popularity of Reggae Music The ancestral composition of Sao Luis according to an autosomal DNA study is 42 European 39 Native American and 19 African 8 Economy editUntil the mid nineteenth century Maranhao s economy was one of the most prosperous in the country However after the Civil War in the United States of America when it lost space in the export of cotton the state went into decline Only after the end of the 1960s did the state begin to receive incentives and emerge from seclusion by way of road and rail connections with other regions In the late eighteenth century increased international demand for cotton to meet the English textile industry coupled with reduced production because of the Revolutionary War in the United States provided the perfect setting to stimulate cotton production in Maranhao Shipping companies and Southampton amp Company Maranha Maranha Shipping Company shipping steam which performed the transportation of cotton from the states of Georgia and Alabama began operating in St Louis shaft London leading to production of Caxias and Baixada Maranhao By the early twentieth century St Louis still exporting cotton to England by sea through the lines and Booth Red Cross Line Line the extended route to Iquitos and company Maranha Liverpool Shipping Company nbsp Aerial view of Sao Luis Central District During this golden period of the Maranhao economy Sao Luis had a lively cultural effervescence The city had more in common with the European capitals than the other Brazilian cities It was the first to receive an Italian opera and received the latest news about French literature every week The rich cotton producers and local businessmen sent their children to study in Recife Salvador Rio de Janeiro and as far as Europe The opening of the Port of Alumar Port of Itaqui and Port of Ponta da Madeira currently the second deepest in the world second only to the Rotterdam is one of the busiest in the country It serves as a gateway for industrial production and iron ore arriving from the Carajas Railway operated by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and also exports soybeans grown in southern Maranhao and central Brazil transported by the Carajas Railway and North South Railway The port s proximity to strategic markets in Europe and North America has led it to become an attractive option for exporting goods but suffers from increased coastal shipping The Sao Luis economy is based on aluminum processing ALUMAR pelleting industry VALE food production and tourism Sao Luis has the largest GDP in the state hosting two public universities and UFMA UEMA and various educational institutions and private colleges According to the latest data from the IBGE survey Sao Luis has a GDP of R 9 340 944 000 00 occupying 14th position amongst state capitals In neighbouring Alcantara there is the Alcantara Space Center Geography edit nbsp View of Sao Marcos bay areaThe island of Upaon Acu is located between two large estuarine systems that are the bays of Sao Marcos on the west side and Sao Jose on the east in the central region of Golfao Maranhense The two bays are interconnected in the southwest by the channels of the Strait of Mosquitoes and Strait of Coqueiros separating the island of Upaon Acu from the island of Taua Mirim 9 In the Sao Marcos bay the watershed of the Mearim river and its tributaries flows while in the Sao Jose Arraial bay the watersheds of the Itapecuru and Munim rivers break In this region the amplitude of the tides can exceed seven meters The region presents numerous streams and tidal channels Several agents have modeled relief such as those of climatic hydrological and oceanographic origin as well as intense wind marine and fluvial activity with vegetation characterized by remnants of the Amazonian Forest Mangroves and Campo de Perizes an extensive fluvial plain with predominantly herbaceous located on the mainland 9 The climate is characterized as hot semi humid tropical of equatorial zone with two distinct seasons that go from damp January to June the drought July to December with average rainfall of 2 200 mm per year Some of the conservation units of the island are APA das Reentrancias Maranhenses APA of Upaon Acu Miritiba Alto Preguicas APA of Itapiraco APA of the Maracana Region and the Bacanga State Parks the Jansen Lagoon and the Rangedor 9 On the Strait of Mosquitoes there are road and railroad bridges linking the mainland to Upaon Acu Island the Marcelino Machado bridge BR 135 composed of two parallel inlet and outlet bridges 456 and 454 meters in length the metal bridge Benedito Leite belonging to the Sao Luis Teresina Railway the duplicate bridge belonging to the Carajas Railway the metal bridge that supports the Italuis waterway which carries water from the river Itapecuru to the city of Sao Luis 9 There is also a ferry service between Sao Luis and Alcantara and Sao Luis International Airport 9 The municipality contains part of the 1 535 310 hectares 3 793 800 acres Upaon Acu Miritiba Alto Preguicas Environmental Protection Area created in 1992 10 The city is home to the Sitio Rangedor State Park formerly the fully protected Sitio Rangedor Ecological Station 11 The municipality also 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 12 The 2 634 hectares 6 510 acres Bacanga State Park is just south of the city 13 Climate edit The city of Sao Luis experiences a very marginal dry summer tropical savanna climate Koppen climate classification As bordering on a tropical monsoon climate Koppen climate classification Am The city possesses a short dry season from August to November During this period when the equatorial rainband associated with the highly seasonalized positioning of the Intertropical Convergence Zone is not over the city warm to hot temperatures and abundant equatorial sunshine prevail Conversely the humid rainy wet season dominates the remaining majority of the year with abundant cloud cover prevalent and heavy rains falling from December to July with the heaviest rainfall and highest cloud cover from January to May The cloudiest month of the year is March with a monthly average of 107 2 hours of bright sunshine throughout the month while the sunniest month of the year is August with a monthly average of 260 3 hours of sunshine throughout the month The wettest month is April with an average monthly total of 476 mm 18 74 in of rain while the driest month is October with an average total rainfall of 8 mm 0 31 in On average nearly 70 per cent of annual rainfall is recorded from February to May Climate data for Sao Luis 1991 2020 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearMean daily maximum C F 31 1 88 0 30 6 87 1 30 3 86 5 30 6 87 1 31 3 88 3 31 5 88 7 31 5 88 7 32 0 89 6 32 3 90 1 32 5 90 5 33 5 92 3 32 2 90 0 31 6 88 9 Mean daily minimum C F 24 2 75 6 24 0 75 2 23 8 74 8 23 8 74 8 23 9 75 0 23 5 74 3 23 4 74 1 24 7 76 5 24 4 75 9 24 7 76 5 24 9 76 8 25 0 77 0 24 2 75 5 Average precipitation mm inches 235 4 9 27 308 0 12 13 452 8 17 83 431 4 16 98 312 0 12 28 174 3 6 86 110 8 4 36 22 5 0 89 2 9 0 11 2 8 0 11 9 7 0 38 54 5 2 15 2 117 1 83 35 Average precipitation days 1 mm 13 17 22 22 18 13 10 3 1 0 1 4 124Average relative humidity 82 5 84 8 86 6 87 7 86 4 84 3 82 1 80 5 77 6 76 2 76 6 77 6 81 9Average dew point C F 24 2 75 6 24 3 75 7 24 4 75 9 24 7 76 5 24 8 76 6 24 4 75 9 24 2 75 6 23 9 75 0 23 6 74 5 23 5 74 3 23 7 74 7 23 9 75 0 24 1 75 4 Mean monthly sunshine hours 155 9 119 2 115 3 120 2 163 5 201 6 233 3 267 5 258 3 264 2 235 1 215 2 349 1Mean daily daylight hours 12 3 12 2 12 1 12 1 12 12 12 12 12 1 12 2 12 2 12 3 12 1Average ultraviolet index 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 11 12 12 12 12 12Source 1 INMET Temperatures 14 Precipitation 15 Humidity 16 Dew Point 17 Sun 18 Source 2 Weather atlas Daylight UV 19 Climate data for Sao Luis 1961 1990 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high C F 33 6 92 5 36 0 96 8 32 8 91 0 33 0 91 4 33 2 91 8 33 1 91 6 32 7 90 9 34 4 93 9 34 0 93 2 33 2 91 8 34 4 93 9 33 8 92 8 36 0 96 8 Mean daily maximum C F 30 0 86 0 29 4 84 9 29 4 84 9 29 6 85 3 30 1 86 2 30 4 86 7 30 2 86 4 30 7 87 3 31 0 87 8 31 2 88 2 31 4 88 5 31 1 88 0 30 4 86 7 Daily mean C F 26 1 79 0 25 7 78 3 25 6 78 1 25 8 78 4 25 9 78 6 25 9 78 6 25 6 78 1 25 9 78 6 26 3 79 3 26 6 79 9 26 9 80 4 26 7 80 1 26 1 79 0 Mean daily minimum C F 23 5 74 3 23 1 73 6 23 0 73 4 23 1 73 6 23 1 73 6 22 9 73 2 22 6 72 7 23 0 73 4 23 5 74 3 23 7 74 7 24 0 75 2 24 0 75 2 23 3 73 9 Record low C F 20 0 68 0 20 1 68 2 17 9 64 2 13 1 55 6 20 2 68 4 20 6 69 1 18 1 64 6 20 3 68 5 20 9 69 6 21 2 70 2 21 6 70 9 20 0 68 0 13 1 55 6 Average rainfall mm inches 244 2 9 61 373 0 14 69 428 0 16 85 475 9 18 74 316 5 12 46 173 3 6 82 131 1 5 16 29 4 1 16 23 3 0 92 7 6 0 30 10 5 0 41 77 4 3 05 2 290 90 2 Average rainy days 1 mm 13 17 23 22 20 13 10 4 2 1 1 4 130Average relative humidity 85 88 89 90 89 86 86 84 81 81 79 71 84 9Mean monthly sunshine hours 152 6 113 7 107 2 113 7 162 6 213 1 237 6 260 3 249 9 251 8 244 1 206 3 2 312 9Source Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology INMET 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Education edit nbsp Sao Luis is the most important educational centre of the state Portuguese is the official national language and thus the primary language taught in schools But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum Educational institutions include Universidade Federal do Maranhao UFMA Universidade Estadual do Maranhao UEMA Faculdade Santa Terezinha CEST Universidade Ceuma UNICEUMA Instituto Estadual de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia do Maranhao IEMA Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia do Maranhao IFMA Faculdade Sao Luis Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco UNDB Faculdade Atenas Maranhense FAMA Faculdade do Maranhao FACAM Faculdade PitagorasCulture editHistoric Centre of Sao LuisUNESCO World Heritage Site nbsp CriteriaCultural iii iv vReference821Inscription1997 21st Session Area66 65 haSao Luis is known for its tiles which most buildings in the historical centre are covered in Because of this the city is also known as The Tiles City and Brazilian Athens It also has some cultural peculiarities namely Tambor de Crioula edit Tambor de Crioula is an Afro Brazilian dance in which gaily clad women court a bateria of tambors a row of drums Whirling and gyrating in time to the music they negotiate for prime position in the centre of the bateria The House of Tambor de Crioula is a museum dedicated to preserving and spreading the cultural manifestation Tambor de Mina edit Not to be confused with the above Tambor de Mina is the local variant of the Afro Brazilian religion Casa das Minas Querebenta de Toi Zomadonu or House of Minas the oldest temple terreiro which must have been founded in Sao Luis in the 1840s by African women Bumba Meu Boi edit nbsp Theater Artur Azevedo in Sao Luis The Bumba Meu Boi is a popular farce which takes its form as a grand musical pantomime Practice is a public affair and begins directly after Easter reaching its climax in June when literally hundreds of groups perform on a nightly basis for popular acclaim Set personalities and characters play out a comedic tragedy with a metaphor for social harmony at its heart Settlers the infamous Coroneis Indians spirit workers African slaves and forest spirits are enacted though costumes choreography and music all performed amongst the all night revelry The crowd joins in with singing dancing and dependent on the groups sotaque or style the playing of matracas two wooden blocks held in each hand and struck together repeatedly Like the festival of Sao Joao and its requisite Forro dance in the North Eastern states further south Bumba Meu Boi is a harvest festival but with the bull as its centre piece Capoeira editThe Sao Luis form of capoeira is said to be akin to the kind of capoeira now recognized as traditional bahian capoeira that predated the Bahian Angola regional polemic which split the capoeira world in the 1950s nbsp Leoes Palace Historical center edit In 1997 the city s historical center was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site Starting in 1989 there has been an extensive program to restore and renovate the colonial era buildings of the city s historical center Reggae edit Sao Luis is known as the Brazilian capital of reggae a very popular rhythm in the city In 2018 the Reggae Museum of Maranhao was founded the first museum dedicated to reggae outside of Jamaica and the second in the world Transportation edit nbsp A bus in Sao Luis nbsp Marechal Cunha Machado International AirportThe city is served by the Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport There are 184 bus lines operating in the metropolitan area served by a fleet of more than 3 000 buses More than 500 000 people use the bus system every day citation needed The metropolitan area has a network of alternative transportation that works with drivers who usually have their own coach and organize themselves into cooperatives to enable them to provide the public transport service duly legalized in the department of city traffic One of Brazil s only inter city rail services is operated by rail freight operator Vale and links Sao Luis with Parauapebas which carried 330 000 passengers in 2019 29 The city has also an efficient radio system with more than 2000 taxi cabs accredited Sao Luis is home to a port that receives boats that carry passengers across to the city of Alcantara which is located in the metropolitan area It also has another port that receives ferries carrying people and cars that are destined for cities in the region of the state known as the low lands Being an island the city has only one output ground the bridge of the Estreito dos Mosquitos which links the island of Sao Luis by road BR 135 Telecommunications editLocal area phone code named DDD in Brazil to call Sao Luis city is 98 DDD98 30 31 Sports edit nbsp Castelao Stadium the largest in the city Football is the most popular sport in Sao Luis though its clubs aren t much well known in the rest of Brazil The professional clubs in Sao Luis are Sampaio Correa who currently play in Brazil s second division Moto Club who play in the fourth division and Maranhao Atletico Clube who take part in the regional Campeonato Maranhense Notable people editAluisio de Azevedo 1857 1913 Brazilian writer and diplomat Ana Paula Belo born 1987 brazilian handball player World Champion in 2013 Artur Azevedo 1855 1908 Brazilian writer and poet Dan Kearns born 1956 Canadian football player Steve Kearns born 1956 Canadian football player Alcione Nazareth born 1947 Brazilian singer Clemer born 1968 former Brazilian professional footballer Denilson Hernanes Santos Sineiro born 1987 Brazilian footballer Leo Silva born 1985 Brazilian professional footballer Juca Baleia born 1959 former Brazilian professional footballer Rafael Leitao born 1979 Brazilian chess grandmaster Zeca Baleiro born 1966 Brazilian singer MPB samba and brazilian rock Phillip Morrison born 1984 Brazilian swimmerReferences edit IBGE 2020 Archived copy PDF United Nations Development Programme UNDP Archived from the original PDF on July 8 2014 Retrieved August 1 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Historic Centre of Sao Luis UNESCO World Heritage List UNESCO Retrieved 20 March 2021 Warkentin Germaine Podruchny Carolyn 2001 Decentring the Renaissance Canada and Europe in Multidisciplinary Perspective 1500 1700 University of Toronto Press 2001 p 387 ISBN 9780802081490 Retrieved 6 May 2020 Raymond Jean Claude 2008 Daniel de la Touche de La Ravardiere A la Croisee de l Anjou de la Touraine et du Poitou Archived from the original on 6 May 2020 Retrieved 6 May 2020 Bethell Leslie 1987 Colonial Brazil Cambridge University Press p 168 ISBN 9780521349253 Retrieved 6 May 2020 Cardoso Alirio 2011 The conquest of Maranhao and Atlantic disputes in the geopolitics of the Iberian Union 1596 1626 Revista Brasileira de Historia 31 61 doi 10 1590 S0102 01882011000100016 Ferreira Francileide Lisboa Leal Mesquita Emygdia Rosa March 2005 Genetics and Molecular Biology Genetic characterization of the population of Sao Luis MA Brazil Genetics and Molecular Biology 28 22 31 doi 10 1590 S1415 47572005000100004 a b c d e www neopixdesign com br Neopix Design Trabalhos tecnicos do XXII SBRH PARAMETROS FISICO QUIMICOS E NUTRIENTES INORGANICOS DISSOLVIDOS NO RIO PERIZES BAIA DE SAO JOSE DE RIBAMAR ILHA DE SAO LUIS MA evolvedoc com br Archived from the original on 2018 06 26 Retrieved 2018 06 27 APA Upaon Acu Miritiba Alto Preguicas in Portuguese ISA Instituto Socioambiental retrieved 2017 02 09 Aurina Carneiro 11 May 2016 Plenario aprova projeto que altera Estacao Ecologica do Sitio do Rangedor in Portuguese Agencia Assembleia archived from the original on 3 June 2016 retrieved 2016 05 17 APA Baixada Maranhense in Portuguese ISA Instituto Socioambiental archived from the original on 2018 09 26 retrieved 2016 06 13 PES do Bacanga in Portuguese ISA Instituto Socioambiental archived from the original on 2018 09 26 retrieved 2016 08 03 Normal Climatologica do Brasil 1991 2020 Temperatura Maxima Mensal e Anual C XLSX portal inmet gov Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 13 Normal Climatologica do Brasil 1991 2020 Temperatura Minima Mensal e Anual C XLSX portal inmet gov in Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 13 Precipitacao Acumulada Decendial Mensal e Anual mm Period 1991 2020 XLSX portal inmet gov in Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 13 Umidade Relativa do Ar Compensada Mensal e Anual Periodo 1991 2020 XLSX portal inmet gov in Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 14 Temperatura do Ponto de Orvalho Mensal e Anual C Periodo 1991 2020 XLSX portal inmet gov in Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 13 Insolacao Total horas Periodo 1991 2020 XLSX portal inmet gov in Portuguese Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia Retrieved 2024 01 13 Climate and monthly weather forecast Sao Luis Brazil Weather Atlas Retrieved 2024 01 16 Temperatura Media Compensada C in Portuguese Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology 1961 1990 Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Temperatura Maxima C in Portuguese Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology 1961 1990 Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Temperatura Minima C in Portuguese Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology 1961 1990 Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Precipitacao Acumulada Mensal e Anual mm in Portuguese Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology 1961 1990 Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Numero de Dias com Precipitacao Maior ou Igual a 1 mm dias Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology Archived from the original on August 27 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Insolacao Total horas Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Umidade Relativa do Ar Media Compensada Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology Archived from the original on August 8 2014 Retrieved September 8 2014 Temperatura Maxima Absoluta C Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology Inmet Retrieved September 8 2014 dead link Temperatura Minima Absoluta C Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology Inmet Retrieved September 8 2014 dead link Brazilian passenger rail revival agreement Railway Gazette International 29 September 2020 Retrieved 29 September 2020 Sao Luis do Maranhao DDD98 area phone code Archived from the original on March 2 2013 Retrieved December 12 2012 Gonsalves por Rogerio 2023 03 09 Descubra Cidades e Estados com Codigo DDD 98 no Brasil in Brazilian Portuguese Retrieved 2023 06 06 External links edit nbsp Brazil portalSao Luis Maranhao at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Definitions from Wiktionary nbsp Media from Commons nbsp News from Wikinews nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Texts from Wikisource nbsp Textbooks from Wikibooks nbsp Resources from Wikiversity nbsp Travel information from Wikivoyage Official website Explore the Historic Centre of Sao Luis in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture Aerial pictures from the City of Sao Luis made with powered paraglider2 31 42 S 44 18 16 W 2 5283 S 44 3044 W 2 5283 44 3044 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sao Luis Maranhao amp oldid 1204861311, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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