About São João Batista
São João Batista is a city in Maranhao, Brazil with a population of 18,544. It is the 1,876th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 26,906th largest worldwide. It lies 1,466 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#97of 122
Coordinates
-2.955, -44.807
Record updated
15 June 2025
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.