Pio XII is a municipality in the state of Maranhรฃo in the Northeast Region of Brazil. With an area of 545.217 square kilometers (210.509ย sqย mi), of which 6.936 square kilometres (2.678ย sqย mi) is urban, it is located 180 km from Sรฃo Luรญs, the state capital, and 1,356 km from Brasรญlia, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 21,886 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 83rd most populous municipality in the state of Maranhรฃo.
Pio XII | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Flag | |
 Location in Maranhรฃo | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhรฃo |
| Mesoregion | Centro Maranhense |
| Area | |
ย โขย Total | 210.509ย sqย mi (545.217ย km2) |
| Population ย (2022) | |
ย โขย Total | 21,886 |
| ย โขย Density | 69.8/sqย mi (26.94/km2) |
| Time zone | UTCโ3 (BRT) |
Geography
editThe territory of Pio XII covers 545.217 square kilometers (210.509ย sqย mi),[2] of which 6.936 square kilometres (2.678ย sqย mi) constitutes the urban area.[3] It sits at an average altitude of 22 meters above sea level.[4] Pio XII borders these municipalities: to the north, Vitรณria do Mearim and Igarapรฉ do Meio; to the south, Olho d'รgua das Cunhรฃs; to the east, Conceiรงรฃo do Lago-Aรงu and Lago Verde; and to the west, Bela Vista do Maranhรฃo e Satubinha.[5] The city is located 180 km from the state capital Sรฃo Luรญs,[6] and 1,356 km from the federal capital Brasรญlia.[7]
Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the immediate geographical region of Santa Inรชs, within the intermediate region of Santa Inรชs-Bacabal.[8] Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Mรฉdio Mearim in the mesoregion of Centro Maranhense.[9][10]
The municipality contains a small part of the Baixada Maranhense Environmental Protection Area, a 1,775,035.6-hectare (4,386,208-acre) sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a Ramsar site since 2000.[11]
Demographics
editIn the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 21,886 inhabitants and ranked only 83th in the state that year (out of 217 municipalities),[12] with 50.52% female and 49.48% male,[13] resulting in a sex ratio of 97.96 (9,796 men for every 10,000 women),[14] compared to 22,016 inhabitants in the 2010 census (56.59% living in the urban area),[15] when it held the 76th state position.[16] Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Pio XII registered a growth of just over -0.6%, with an annual geometric growth rate of -0.05%.[17] Regarding age group in the 2022 census, 66.23% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 24.77% were under fifteen, and 9% were 65 or older.[18] The population density in 2022 was 40.15 inhabitants per square kilometer,[19] with an average of 3.36 inhabitants per household.[20]
The municipality's Human Development Index (HDI-M) is considered medium, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.541, ranking 172th in the state and 5,306th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities),[21] and the Gini coefficient rose from 0.38 in 2003[22] to 0.53 in 2010.[23] Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.727, the income index is 0.535, and the education index is 0.408.[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE. "รrea territorial oficial". Resoluรงรฃo da Presidรชncia do IBGE de nยฐ 5 (R.PR-5/02). Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ IBGE. "Brasil / Maranhรฃo / Pio XII". Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ IBGE (2019). "Tabela 8418 - รreas urbanizadas, Loteamento vazio, รrea total mapeada e Subcategorias". Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Pio XII, MA - Informaรงรตes sobre o municรญpio e a prefeitura". www.cidade-brasil.com.br. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ^ Correia Filho, Francisco Lages; Gomes, รrico Rodrigues; Nunes, Ossian Otรกvio; Lopes Filho, Josรฉ Barbosa (2011). Projeto cadastro de fontes de abastecimento por รกgua subterrรขnea: estado do Maranhรฃo: relatรณrio diagnรณstico do municรญpio de Pio XII (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Serviรงo Geolรณgico do Brasil.
- ^ "Distรขncia entre Sรฃo Luรญs - Maranhรฃo, Brazil e Pio XII - MA, Brazil". Distรขncia Entre as Cidades. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Distรขncia entre Brasรญlia e Pio XII". Distรขncia Entre as Cidades. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "DTB_2024.zip" (Zip file) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved 29 April 2025. RELATORIO_DTB_BRASIL_2024_MUNICIPIOS.ods within zip file.
- ^ "Divisรฃo regional do Brasil em mesorregiรตes e microrregiรตes geogrรกficas" (PDF). Biblioteca IBGE. 1. IBGE: 44โ45. 1990. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ "Divisรฃo Territorial do Brasil". Divisรฃo Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatรญstica (IBGE). 1 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- ^ APA Baixada Maranhense (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 25 June 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ IBGE (2022). "Sinopse / Populaรงรฃo residente ( Unidade: pessoas ) / 2022". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ IBGE (2022). "Tabela 9514 - Populaรงรฃo residente, por sexo, idade e forma de declaraรงรฃo da idade". Retrieved 2024-12-16.
- ^ IBGE (2022). "Populaรงรฃo residente / Sexo / Razรฃo de sexo". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ IBGE (2010). "Tabela 608 - Populaรงรฃo residente, por situaรงรฃo do domicรญlio e sexo". Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ IBGE (2010). "Sinopse / Populaรงรฃo residente ( Unidade: pessoas ) / 2010". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ IBGE (2022). "Populaรงรฃo residente / Taxa de crescimento geomรฉtrico ( Unidade:ย % )". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ IBGE (2022). "Tabela 9514 - Populaรงรฃo residente, por sexo, idade e forma de declaraรงรฃo da idade". Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ IBGE. "Territรณrio / Densidade demogrรกfica ( Unidade: habitantes por quilรดmetro quadrado )". Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ IBGE (2022). "Tabela 4712 - Domicรญlios particulares permanentes ocupados, Moradores em domicรญlios particulares permanentes ocupados e Mรฉdia de moradores em domicรญlios particulares permanentes ocupados". Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ a b "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municรญpios do Brasil". Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ IBGE (2003). "Mapa de pobreza e desigualdade". Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ IBGE (2010). "รndice de Gini da renda domiciliar per capita segundo Municรญpio". DataSUS. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
