Why visit Caxias
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 4 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Museu da Balaida.
Weather in Caxias
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About Caxias
Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
From the Wikipedia article Caxias, Maranhão (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Caxias on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks2
Museu da Balaida
Museum · 0.7 km
Museu da Balaida
Rua General Sampaio, Caxias
Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
1 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes4
Buteco e Pizzaria Pontes
Restaurant · Pizza · 0.9 km
Avenida General Sampaio, Caxias
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship6
Shopping7
Comercial São Raimundo "O Raimundim"
Grocery · 2.9 km
1484 Rua Cristino Gonçalves
Gas and EV charging15
Schools, colleges and libraries124
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão
School · 4.5 km
487 Rua Desembargador Morato, Caxias
CE Thales Ribeiro Gonçalves Anexo IV B Corrente
School
Travessa Otávio Passos, Caxias
CEESP Profª Valquíria A. F. de Oliveira - APAE de Caxias
School · 1.0 km
662 Avenida Rio de Janeiro, Caxias
CEIM Port. de Nec. Esp. Maria Luíza Pereira
School · 1.9 km
SN Avenida Vila Arias, Caxias
Centro de Educação Profissional Nossa Senhora das Graças - Caxias
School · 0.6 km
637 Travessa São Benedito, Caxias
Centro de Ensino Cônego Aderson Guimarães Júnior
School · 1.0 km
1714 Rua Aarão Reis, Caxias
Centro de Ensino Odolfo Medeiros
School · 1.5 km
1339 Rua Senador Clodomir Cardoso, Caxias
Healthcare8
Map of Caxias
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Getting there and nearby towns
Teresina Airport (THE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 63 km away.
- Aldeias Altas 29 km northwest, about 29 min by car
- São João do Soter 58 km southwest, about 58 min by car
- Timon 63 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- União 62 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Teresina 67 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Codó 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Matões 75 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Coelho Neto 77 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Nazária 81 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- José de Freitas 87 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Caxias 3, Nando1462 - Fernando Santos Cunha Filho, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Celeus obrieni, Joao Quental, CC BY 2.0
- ISS067-E-76917 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-76918 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS009-E-14342 - View of Brazil, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS009-E-14341 - View of Brazil, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-76920 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-76919 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-76921 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS067-E-76922 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS061-E-13061 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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