About Balsas
Balsas is a city in Maranhao, Brazil with a population of 105,974. It is the 322nd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 5,408th largest worldwide. It lies 940 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#10of 122
Elevation
254 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Fortaleza
Coordinates
-7.532, -46.036
Record updated
2026-07-16
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 2,250 in BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.