Teresina
Teresina | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Teresina | |
From the top: Estaiada Mirante bridge, Teresina at night, Railway station complex, Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, September 4th Theater and tourist signboard | |
| Nickname(s): Capital do Sol e da Luz (Capital of Sun and Light), Cidade Verde (Green City), Mesopotâmia Brasileira (Brazilian Mesopotamia) and THE. | |
| Motto: Omnia in Charitate | |
Location of Teresina in the State of Piauí | |
| Coordinates: 5°05′25″S 42°49′00″W / 5.090278°S 42.816667°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Piauí |
| Founded | August 16, 1852 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sílvio Mendes |
| Area | |
| 1,167.25 km2 (450.68 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,755 km2 (677 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
| 902,644 | |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,729,527 |
| • Metro | 2,893,729 |
| Demonym | teresinense (teresenian) |
| Time zone | UTC-03:00 (BRT) |
| Postal code | 64000-001 to 64099-999 |
| Area code | +55 86 |
| HDI (2010) | 0.751 – high |
| Website | www |
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Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 902,644 inhabitants, Teresina is the 19th largest city in Brazil, and the 16th largest state capital in the country. Together with Timon in the neighbouring state of Maranhão, it forms a conurbation with a population of about 2,729,527 inhabitants; the entire metropolitan region of Teresina has over 2,893,729 inhabitants. The only natural barrier that separates Teresina from Timon is the Parnaíba river, one of the largest in the Northeast.
Teresina is the capital with the best quality of life in the North-Northeast according to FIRJAN and the 4th in Brazil. It is among the 50 cities in the world with the highest murder rates, with 315 homicides in 2017.
Its motto is the Latin phrase Omnia in Charitatis, which means, in English, "All for charity". The city is the birthplace of, among others, Torquato Neto, who belonged to the Tropicalismo movement.
Its cathedral, Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores, dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina.