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Itaqui Destination Guide

Touring Itaqui in Brazil

Itaqui in the region of Maranhão is a city located in Brazil - some 943 mi or ( 1517 km ) North of Brasília , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Itaqui

Time in Itaqui is now 05:06 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Fortaleza " with a UTC offset of -3 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Vinhais, Tirirical, Tibiri, Teresina, and Quebra-Pote. Being here already, consider visiting Vinhais . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Itaqui ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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São Luís do Maranhão, ilha de encantos // St. Louis - Maranhao - Brazil, the magnetic island

7:27 min by Ramssés Silva
Views: 78937 Rating: 4.83

Vídeo mostrando belíssimas fotos da Arquitetura Colonial do Centro Histórico de São Luís, suas Praças, Calçadas, Batentes, Ladeiras, Janelas, Sobrados, Portões, Fontes e toda a beleza da cidade Patrim ..

Bumba-meu-boi

1:00 min by Jorge Martins Rodrigues
Views: 10673 Rating: 3.80

Apresentação do Bumba-Meu-Boi de Maracanã - S.Luis/MA. Trecho do curta-metragem "O Boi do Mamulengo" (www.portacurtas.com.br). Roteiro e direção: Jorge Rodrigues; fotografia: Waldir Pina; edição: Lean ..


Eric Donaldson - Cidade do Reggae 2010 (II) - by Dj&Vj Mark Toots

3:10 min by Mark Toots
Views: 3520 Rating: 5.00

Eric Donaldson - "All We Need Is Love". Very dear and well known in Brazil, again coming to the island (São Luís - MA), make your perfomace the show "City of Reggae 2010". Accompanied by the band "Cap ..

Fonte do Ribeirão, centro histórico de São Luis Maranhão.

4:32 min by fernando1cunha
Views: 1016 Rating: 5.00

Antiga Fonte do Ribeirão, localizada no centro histórico de São Luis, capital do estado do Maranhão, norte do Brasil. "A Fonte do Ribeirão é um exemplar valioso da arquitetura da época colonial. Foi c ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Porto do Itaqui

Port of Itaqui is the largest cargo port in Brazil, near the city of São Luís, Maranhão. It is not to be confused with the city of Itaqui, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, near the border with Argentina. The main cargoes include aluminum ingots and bars, pig iron, general, dry and liquid bulk cargoes, soybean and copper. The hinterland of the Port of Itaqui encompasses the states of Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, southwestern Pará, northern Goiás, northeastern Mato Grosso, and western Bahia.

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Located at -2.57 -44.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Maranhão, Ports and harbours of Brazil

Ponta da Madeira

The Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal, owned by mining company VALE, sits next to the public Porto do Itaqui, in the state of Maranhão, in northern Brazil. It was chosen as the terminus of the Estrada de Ferro Carajas, where trains unload iron ore for shipping overseas, mainly to Europe and Eastern Asia. The terminal, abutting the Bay of Sao Marcos (St.

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Located at -2.57 -44.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Brazil, Buildings and structures in Maranhão

São Luís, Maranhão

São Luís (Saint Louis) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Ilha de São Luís (São Luís Island) in the Baía de São Marcos (São Marcos 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. The city proper has a population of some 986,826 people. The metropolitan area totals 1,227,659, ranked as the 16th largest in Brazil.

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Located at -2.53 -44.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated coastal places in Maranhão, Populated places established in 1612, State capitals in Brazil, World Heritage Sites in Brazil

Estádio Nhozinho Santos

Estádio Nhozinho Santos is a multi-use stadium located in São Luís, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Moto Club de São Luís. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 21,000 people and was built in 1950. It is owned by the São Luís city hall, and is named after Joaquim Moreira Alves dos Santos, nicknamed Nhozinho, who introduced football in Maranhão state.

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Located at -2.54 -44.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Football venues in Brazil, Sports venues in Maranhão

Castelão (Maranhão)

The Estádio Governador João Castelo, also known as the Castelão, is a multi-purpose stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 75,263 people in a three-tier configuration. The stadium is owned by the Maranhão state Government, and is the home ground of Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, Moto Club and Maranhão. Its formal name honors João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves, Maranhão governor from 1979 to 1982.

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Located at -2.55 -44.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Football venues in Brazil, Multi-purpose stadiums in Brazil, Sports venues in Maranhão