Pio XII is a

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in the state of

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in the Northeast Region of

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. With an area of , of which is urban, it is located 180 km from São Luís, the state capital, and 1,356 km from

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, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 21,886 inhabitants, according to the

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(IBGE), ranking as the 83th most populous municipality in the state of Maranhão.

Geography

The territory of Pio XII covers , of which constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 22 meters above

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. Pio XII borders these municipalities: to the north, Vitória do Mearim and Igarapé do Meio; to the south, Olho d'Água das Cunhãs; to the east, Conceição do Lago-Açu and Lago Verde; and to the west, Bela Vista do Maranhão e Satubinha. The city is located 180 km from the state capital São Luís, and 1,356 km from the federal capital

. Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the

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and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Médio Mearim in the mesoregion of Centro Maranhense. The municipality contains a small part of the

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, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 1991 that has been a

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2022 census, the municipality had a population of 21,886 inhabitants and ranked only 83th in the state that year (out of 217 municipalities), with 50.52% female and 49.48% male, resulting in a sex ratio of 97.96 (9,796 men for every 10,000 women), compared to 22,016 inhabitants in the 2010 census (56.59% living in the urban area), when it held the 76th state position. Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Pio XII registered a growth of just over -0.6%, with an annual geometric growth rate of -0.05%. Regarding

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in the 2022 census, 66.23% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 24.77% were under fifteen, and 9% were 65 or older. The

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in 2022 was 40.15 inhabitants per square kilometer, with an average of 3.36 inhabitants per household. The municipality's

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(HDI-M) is considered medium, according to data from the

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. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.541, ranking 172th in the state and 5,306th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities), and the

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rose from 0.38 in 2003 to 0.53 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.727, the income index is 0.535, and the education index is 0.408.

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Geography

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