Caxias, Maranhão
# Caxias, Maranhão

Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.

It is the fifth largest city in the state, with a population of 165,525 inhabitants and an area of about 5,170 km2.

## Notable people

* Gonçalves Dias, poet, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist.
