Map of Amarante do Maranhão, Brazil

Amarante do Maranhão is a city in Maranhão, Brazil, with a population of about 41,729. It lies at 5.5667°S, 46.7422°W. Amarante do Maranhão is about 1,143 km (710 mi) north of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Grajaú, 72 km to the southeast.

Amarante do Maranhão at a glance

Where is Amarante do Maranhão?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 11 h 48 min on the shortest day to 12 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Amarante do Maranhão

• Grajaú — 72 km southeast
• Imperatriz — 83 km west
• Barra do Corda — 166 km east
• Lago da Pedra — 219 km northeast
• Balsas — 232 km south
• Tuntum — 234 km east
• Araguaína — 243 km southwest
• Presidente Dutra — 251 km east
• Bacabal — 258 km northeast
• Santa Inês — 260 km northeast

Largest cities in Maranhão

• São Luís — 917,237
• Imperatriz — 273,110
• São José de Ribamar — 259,164
• Timon — 174,465
• Caxias — 163,546
• Codó — 114,275
• Bacabal — 107,755
• Balsas — 105,974
• Barra do Corda — 88,492
• Santa Inês — 85,014

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.