MA · Northeast
Population: 110,703 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Açailândia is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Maranhão. It is the eighth most populous municipality in the state, with a total of 111,757 inhabitants according to 2018 estimates by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Açailândia is an important agro-industrial hub, where the export of pig iron, produced by five steel mills installed in the municipality, became its main source of income; of those five steel mills, only one is in operation today. It also has numerous commercial establishments across a wide range of retail and service sectors, and it has the largest cattle herd in the state.
The city was the subject of a special report in Revista Veja under the headline “The 20 Brazilian Metropolises of the Future”.
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0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
MA average (10 cities): 55 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
28.91 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
36.62 score 0–100
Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Rent data (FipeZAP) covers 36 cities. Here the cost topic counts as average (50) in the score.
MA average (10 cities): 17 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
180.93 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
3,095.72 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
MA average (10 cities): 23 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
2.66 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
2.03 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
MA average (10 cities): 43 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
4.8 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
5.7 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
MA average (10 cities): 53 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
31.48 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
87.1 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
MA average (10 cities): 22 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
411.06 km
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
International departures within 100 km
0 departures in 12 months
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Nearest international airport
Internacional de Belém/Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro (SBBE), 411 km in a straight line · 895 international departures in 12 months
score 0–100 · Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Hot Average temperature: 27.8 °C (Average temperature 25 °C (77 °F) or higher)
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 31.8 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 33.0 | 33.5 | 34.3 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 34.4 | 33.3 | 32.3 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22.6 |
| Rain (mm) | 253 | 221 | 296 | 207 | 92 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 71 | 118 | 191 |
Weather station Imperatriz, 66 km away · climate normals 1981-2010 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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