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Sao Luis

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Country: Brazil

Population:917,252

Time Zone:UTC-3

Founded as the French settlement of Saint-Louis, São Luís later became the capital and largest city of Maranhão. The city occupies São Luís Island in the Baía de São Marcos, where several rivers meet the Atlantic Ocean. With about 1.09 million residents in the city proper and 1.54 million across its metropolitan area, it has Brazil’s second-largest maritime extension.