title: Caxias, Maranhão
text: # 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.
  